June 27, 2025· 26 min

Lots More on What's Going On in Iran's Markets

Maciej Wojtal

Orality

Model

79%

Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(816 words)

M:29%

HostJoe Weisenthal(572 words)

M:29%

GuestMaciej Wojtal(3,090 words)

M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic36%

basically, literally, very

Engagement54%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, now, so

Repetition100%

market (51x), like (51x), iran (48x)

Parallelism92%

And there was no English equiv..., So My mother speaks, like, nin..., So and she was a linguist, and...

Sound Patterns81%

44 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases15%

you know what, i mean, to be honest

Literate Indicators

Hedging10%

could, maybe, quite

Passive Voice11%

were supposed, been underdeveloped, was supposed

Abstract Nouns24%

investment, information, volatility

Subordination7%

though, because, while

Sentence Length29%

Avg: 12.3 words/sentence

Word Complexity51%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers0%

Impersonal Style46%

293 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style100%

monthly, carefully, really

Description

Iran is a huge country with a sizable stock market. And yet, years of sanctions and other restrictions mean it’s tough to even look up its stock prices (much less invest there.) In this episode, we catch up with Maciej Wojtal, CEO and CIO of AmtelonCapital, an Amsterdam-based fund that specializes in Iranian stocks. We talk about what the past week has been like for the market, what he’s hearing from people on the ground in Tehran, plus disruptions to businesses and oil. We talk about how Iranian investors handle major geopolitical risk and the outlook from here. Read more: Iran’s Khamenei Says US Intervention in War Achieved Nothing Only Bloomberg.com subscribers can get the Odd Lots newsletter in their inbox — now delivered every weekday — plus unlimited access to the site and app. Subscribe at bloomberg.com/subscriptions/oddlots See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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