Venezuela

“If you're a U.S. energy company looking at investment in Venezuela, you're not looking at this for, you know, a six-month return. You're looking at decadal investments.” said Landon Derentz at the Atlantic Council.

Disruptive geopolitical events, like the arrest of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro by the U.S., often see investors jump into bonds or sell off a bunch of stocks temporarily. Neither of those happened.

One question hanging in the air right now: How might the U.S. attack on Venezuela affect the value of the dollar?

Venezuela’s current oil production infrastructure “has been held together by string and gum,” said Fernando Valle at Hedgeye Risk Management.

Oil markets and financial markets seem to be shrugging off the U.S. arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

From the BBC World Service: The U.S. stunned the world with the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro over the weekend. We’ll discuss the fallout.

From the notebook of Marketplace correspondent Scott Tong, on the ground in Venezuela.