Let the oil flow, our IPO warning & last chance tax moves

**Bryce** (0:00)
Both nations have confirmed that there is a deal.

**Ren** (0:02)
Yes.

**Bryce** (0:03)
We're not sure what the details of the deal are.

**Ren** (0:06)
Whatever the details, they're both going to claim they won. That's just politics 101 But it's a reminder to zoom out, think long term, because there's always reasons to panic in the short term. And the Iran war is something that we're going to look back on as a small blip in March 2026 in a relentless grind higher.

**Bryce** (0:27)
Welcome to another episode of Equity Mates, a show where we explore what's possible in the world of investing. If you've joined us for the very first time, a massive welcome to our community. My name's Bryce.

**Ren** (0:37)
And I'm Ren. And today we have an exciting jam packed episode. We are talking about the deal between the US and Iran and what it has meant for markets. We are doing a segment, Understanding IPOs. It has three mega IPOs this year. We will give you what you need to know. And finally, we are doing our Never Too Late, Just In Time, End of Financial Year Tax Checklist. If you want to maximize your deductions.

**Bryce** (1:03)
Yeah.

**Ren** (1:03)
Bryce, a lot going on.

**Bryce** (1:05)
A lot going on. And we did do our tax episode, I think, a day before the end of financial year last year. So congratulations to us. We've brought it forward a bit.

**Ren** (1:13)
Two weeks forward.

**Bryce** (1:15)
Two weeks forward. Now, before we jump into all of it, exciting news here at Equity Mates, we are hiring for a video editor role to come and join us here in the team, help us continue to build our video part of the business. You may have noticed we are sort of growing at a rate of knots on YouTube, plenty of new channels spitting up all the time. We want someone here helping us who has experience in editing content and most importantly, a genuine passion for finance and what we do here at Equity Mates.

**Ren** (1:45)
So we're already one of the biggest producers of financial content in Australia, but we want to do more. We've got more shows in the pipeline. We want to do more with the shows that we've got and we want to do more financial education and financial literacy content. So if that's exciting to you, if you want to come and join the team, you can head to equitymates.com/careers, or we'll include a link in the show notes and YouTube description. But we're growing. It's an exciting team. We're trying to do a lot. So come join the journey.

**Bryce** (2:10)
All right, let's get into it.

**SPEAKER_3** (2:13)
News and Markets.

**Bryce** (2:16)
Headlines we're covering today, the US and Iran have agreed to a peace deal. And then we're going to look at what has happened to stocks, gold, oil, off the back of it. But let's start with the deal itself, Ren, because finally, after months of Trump saying we're close, we're going to bomb them, we're going to obliterate them, we've got a deal, we've got Project Freedom.
We are finally at a point where both nations have confirmed that there is a deal.
We're not sure what the details of the deal are, but we've got something.

**Ren** (2:45)
Yes. So reports have differed on what the details of the deal are. Some have said the Strait of Hormuz will be open. Some have said it will be open for 60 days toll-free. Some have said Iran have agreed to end their nuclear program. Others have said that nuclear program negotiations will happen later. The actual deal will be signed on Friday in Switzerland. So we're watching this space.
But it is good news.
It's been a real tease. CNN did account of how many times Trump said, we're close to a deal or Iran really want a deal. 38 times. They say 39th time's the charm.

**Bryce** (3:29)
They certainly do. I think Alan Coles did something similar on ABC News overnight and showed the correlation to all of Trump's comments and overlaid it with the price of oil.

**Ren** (3:39)
Classic.

**Bryce** (3:40)
Yeah. It's just like, goodness me, the market manipulation going on.

**Ren** (3:44)
Well, we're going to talk about the market, but one thing before then, just something that I found quite interesting. The preliminary deal, before the deal they signed in Switzerland, signed by a signature.
Trump, Vance, and Iran's parliamentary speaker, he signed the deal.

**Bryce** (4:03)
And Trump had a crack at Biden for being-

**Ren** (4:06)
Auto pen. Auto pen. I just find, I find it fast, it's like world leaders are just like us. You know, like at the end of the day, everyone's got to get a doctor sign link.