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War or military strike between countries: what came after

Measure on: US · Hong Kong

The market here is the S&P 500, measured by the SPY fund with dividends added back · 12 times in our prices (2016-01-04 to 2026-10-30) · measured from that day's close

2 weeks4 weeks3 months
Middle result+1.5%+2.7%+7.7%
How often it was up67%92%75%
Worst-2.7%-7.7%-22.6%
Best+6.1%+6.6%+13.6%
Any window+0.9% · 66%+1.8% · 70%+4.6% · 79%

“Any window”: the middle result, and how often the market was up, over every window of the same length since 2016-01-04, event or not.

Each one (12), newest first
Date2 weeks4 weeks3 months
2026-02-28-2.5%-7.7%+10.8%
2026-01-03-1.5%+0.3%-3.9%
2025-09-09+2.3%+3.2%+5.4%
2025-06-21+3.4%+4.8%+11.4%
2025-06-12+3.8%+4.5%+11.0%
2025-05-06+6.1%+6.6%+13.6%
2024-10-01+2.0%+2.3%+3.4%
2024-04-13+1.1%+3.3%+12.3%
2023-10-06-2.7%+0.8%+10.1%
2022-02-23-0.6%+5.6%-6.9%
2020-01-02+3.0%+0.5%-22.6%
2018-05-09+0.3%+2.3%+5.3%