When Wall Street Might Run Out of Patience With This ‘Waiting for Godot’ Stock Market

Samuel Beckett’s absurdist masterpiece, Waiting for Godot, tells the story of two friends who gather next to a barren tree, hoping to meet a man who never actually arrives.

Stock markets seem to be having a similar experience over the past few weeks, as reports of an imminent truce agreement between the U. S. and Iran are dangled before them, only to fail to materialize as the two sides exchange fire, argue over text and debate the future of Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.