Financier ‘surprised’ by ‘benign’ reaction to warSITUATION UNCLEAR: ‘I think it’s gonna take a couple of weeks for markets to really digest the implications of what has happened,’ the Goldman Sachs chairman saidBloombergGoldman Sachs Group Inc chairman David Solomon said he has been surprised by the “benign” reaction in financial markets to the Middle East conflict, adding that it would take weeks to understand more about the situation. Goldman Sachs Group Inc chairman David Solomon speaks during The Australian Financial Review Business Summit in Sydney yesterday. Still, the Iran war has reverberated across the region, with Israel bombarding Tehran in a fresh wave of strikes. “I look at the market reaction, and I’m actually surprised,” Solomon said. Solomon said he was not surprised to see the VIX Index and other volatility measures climb.

Source: Taipei Times March 04, 2026 17:04 UTC