--- type: "Topics" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/topics/39459126.md" description: "56 minutes, $3 trillion, back and forth.At 7 PM tonight, Donald Trump publicly stated: "The US and Iran have had productive discussions," signaling a ceasefire. Within minutes, the S&P 500 index surged 240 points, adding $2 trillion in market value.27 minutes later, Iran directly contradicted him: there has been "no contact whatsoever" with the US, completely denying all of Trump's claims.By 8 PM, the S&P 500 gave back 120 points, evaporating $1 trillion in market value in an instant.One sentence added $2 trillion, one denial wiped out $1 trillion. One round trip, a net market value fluctuation of $3 trillion within 56 minutes.This isn't the market trading on fundamentals; this is the market trading on a tweet, a statement, an unverified piece of news.When geopolitics becomes the biggest variable, any minor disturbance can trigger trillion-dollar capital shifts.The most dangerous part isn't the volatility itself, but that no one truly knows where the next statement will come from." datetime: "2026-03-23T14:49:52.000Z" locales: - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/topics/39459126.md) - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/topics/39459126.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/topics/39459126.md) author: "[浩浩小课堂](https://longbridge.com/en/profiles/19784218.md)" --- # 56 minutes, $3 trillion, back and forth.At 7 PM to… ### Related Stocks - [VOOG.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/VOOG.US.md) - [.SPX.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/.SPX.US.md) - [SPY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SPY.US.md)