The average return on the stocks is negative for the week and month after geopolitical conflicts. The economic risk is higher ...

The United States’ bunker-busting entry into Israel’s war with Iran is having only a modest effect on the price of oil and stock markets worldwide Monday, at least for now.

Dow futures were down 74 points, or 0.17%, to 42,441 as of 7:39 a.m. EDT, while S&P 500 futures fell 5.25 points to 6,012.75.

Even by recent muscle-memory buy-the-dip standards, the reaction to the latest geopolitical developments — oil futures ...