A few thoughts on Ukraine, geopolitics, and the stock market

Market volatility may linger even as economic risks appear limited

Children play on a tanks displayed at the Motherland Monument on the newly created "Unity Day" on February 16, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Source: Getty)

A lot of recent headlines¹ have attributed recent market volatility to the heightened tension between Russia and Ukraine.

Those headlines may or may not be accurate.