Wall Street is confident that strong corporate earnings will prop up ⁠stock ⁠prices that have slumped since the Iran war began and set ⁠oil prices surging, rekindling worries about inflation. The S&P 500 has dropped nearly 4% since the war began at the end of February, with ​oil prices jumping more than 30%. Despite the turmoil, expected first-quarter earnings growth for the S&P 500 stands at 14%, according to LSEG data. That compares with 14.4% at the start of the year and t