Posturing by North Korea

[Tennvol]

For those of you that have been following the market, how does something like the posturing by North Korea generally affect the market?

 

[Birchtree]

No impact unless South Korea decides to melt the North off the map.

 

[JTH]

Bad news sends investors to the sidelines & security, and the exit is so sudden us TSPers are left holding the bag, so I wouldn't sweat these events.

Here's a chart of the DOW Industrials back in 1939. After May, it took a year to recover prices, but once they broke above 150.00 they never looked back, it was one hell-of-ah bull run...

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