In light of last week’s terrorist attack in Brussels, the Washington Post reviewed historical attacks and their effect on the US stock market. The table below was taken from a Charles Schwab study on the length of market recoveries after the initial shock hits the markets. While terrorist attacks are no doubt a human tragedy, their effect on stocks tends to be short-lived. Read the full article here.

Table by Charles Schwab & Co.

Past performance is not indicative of future returns.

Source: (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/03/22/why-stock-markets-shrug-off-terrorist-attacks/).