Will There Be Peace In Our Time?

Geopolitical events can shake up the stock market, sometimes providing buying opportunities. The current geopolitical landscape is unsettled and unsettling, with potentially seismic ramifications on several fronts and lots of uncertainties: Is Putin’s call for negotiations with Ukraine a nonstarter? Is it even real? Are US efforts at brokering peace in the Middle East progressing toward that end or is that notion wishful thinking? Does the heightened pitch of China’s barking at Taiwan indicate a bite is imminent? Will G7 nations’ efforts to insulate their supply chains and economies from the harmful effects of China’s trade policies work? Is the US’s open-border policy a terrorist attack waiting to happen?