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US stock indices retreated on Friday as bond yields climbed amid roiling energy markets.

The intensifying conflict in the Middle East has triggered widespread liquidations in both equities and bonds, driven by fears that surging energy prices will fuel inflation and stifle global economic growth.

Ironvine Capital Partners, an investment management company, released its Q4 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Ironvine Capital Partners emphasized in its latest investor letter that long-term equity returns are ultimately driven by underlying earnings growth, noting that businesses held across its portfolios increased earnings between 12% and 16% in 2025,

“Smaller energy-importing economies, including the Philippines, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, are likely to experience comparatively stronger macroeconomic effects,” the ADB report said. “In these economies, higher oil prices tend to transmit rapidly into inflation and exchange rate pressures through widening current account deficits and increased foreign currency demand.”

Emerging markets are especially exposed to the wider impacts on inflation,

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Dow Jones Today | US Stock Market LIVE Updates: US stock futures declined on Friday morning (March 20) as oil prices resumed their upward move after a brief pullback,