The Impacts of Geopolitical Events on Financial Markets

We are greatly dismayed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and appalled at the unfolding humanitarian tragedy. Our prayers go out to the Ukrainian people, and we hope for an immediate and just resolution of the conflict.

As major geopolitical conflicts are unsettling for investors and markets, we thought this piece may be of interest to you. It shows the resilience of equity markets during previous challenging geopolitical events.

While equity markets declined approximately 3% in the week leading up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we wanted to offer a summary of key market data since the invasion began as of March 4th.

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