The chart below outlines how the stock market has reacted to global geopolitical events.
It’s important to not downplay these tragic events but as you’ll see, in some cases the stock market was barely effected.
| Global Event | Date | Drawdown | Days to Bottom | Days to Recovery |
| Russia attacks Ukraine | 2/24/2022 | -5% | 17 | 16 |
| US Pulls out of Afghanistan | 8/30/2021 | -0.10% | 1 | 3 |
| Iranian General Killed in Airstrike | 1/3/2020 | -0.70% | 1 | 5 |
| Saudi Aramco Drone Strike | 9/14/2019 | -4% | 19 | 41 |
| North Korea Missile Crisis | 7/28/2017 | -1.50% | 14 | 36 |
| Bombing of Syria | 4/27/2017 | -1.20% | 7 | 18 |
| Boston Marathon Bombing | 4/15/2013 | -3% | 4 | 15 |
| London Subway Bombing | 7/5/2005 | 0% | 1 | 1 |
| Madrid Bombing | 3/11/2004 | -2.90% | 14 | 20 |
| US Terrorist Attacks | 9/11/2001 | -11.60% | 11 | 31 |
| Iraq’s Invasion of Kuwait (Persian Gulf War) | 8/2/1990 | -16.90% | 71 | 189 |
| Reagan Shooting | 3/30/1981 | -0.30% | 1 | 2 |
| Yom Kippur War | 10/6/1973 | -0.60% | 5 | 6 |
| Munich Olympics | 9/5/1972 | -4.30% | 42 | 57 |
| Tet Offensive | 1/30/1968 | -6% | 36 | 65 |
| Six-Day War | 6/5/1967 | -1.50% | 1 | 2 |
| Gulf of Tonkin Incident (Vietnam War) | 8/2/1964 | -2.20% | 25 | 41 |
| Kennedy Assassination | 11/22/1963 | -2.80% | 1 | 1 |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | 10/16/1962 | -6.60% | 8 | 18 |
| Suez Crisis | 10/29/1956 | -1.50% | 3 | 4 |
| Hungarian Uprising | 10/23/1956 | -0.80% | 3 | 4 |
| North Korea Invades South Korea | 6/25/1950 | -12.90% | 23 | 82 |
| Pearl Harbor Attack (WWII) | 12/7/1941 | -19.80% | 143 | 307 |
| Average | -4.60% | 20 | 43 |