Ep 169: How Do Markets React to Major Events?

We’ve all been keeping an eye on the events happening in Ukraine and many people have been asking us what it might mean to the economy in the near term and the long term. Today we’ll share an article we came across recently that looked at some of the biggest news events over the past few decades and how markets reached right after.

 

Read the article: https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2022/02/24/how-stocks-performed-after-11-global-shocks/ 

 

Read more and get additional financial resources here: https://www.moneyandclarity.com/podcasts/ 

 

What we discuss in this episode: 

0:33 – Background on the article

3:24 – Events of the 1980s and 1990s

6:58 – Events of the 2000s

8:20 – Market reactions

10:35 – How will this affect you?

11:52 – Question on Social Security