u/DoctorNezuko ·
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· April 17, 2026 at 19:27
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This is not just a "why is the market up despite the war" question. Between the first of the year and the Feb 27th, the S&P500 index was relatively flat, only showing a 0.3% increase over the two months time. Now we are up 3.8% YTD. Even though things are looking actually positive on the war front and the market has for the most part "priced it in", I am curious what changed while the war has been going on that has put an end to the relatively flat growth we were seeing before the war started? Were stocks just too over-valued going into the year and the war gave the time needed for profits to catch up to their valuations or something?