> First, the war has had very little appreciable effect on the stock market. This is personal politics injection. Your average westerner would probably go on living their life with a steady 7% return if the news media didn't constantly shove the war going on down our throats.

This war is actually important both geopolitically and economically. Ukraine is a major food producer and the even the smallest changes in global food supply is felt at all corners of the world. Additionally, it’s result, and specifically how far the US will involve itself, is going to set the stage for how China proceeds with Taiwan. Pretending that its impacts are irrelevant or insignificant to the western world, both immediate and long term, is very misinformed.