Professor Shaun Davies – The Real Dangers in the Markets

Shaun Davies, Associate Professor of Finance and Faculty Director of the Burridge Center for Finance at the University of Colorado Boulder, explains how financial markets respond to global instability and geopolitical conflict. For many of us, the constant stream of headlines about conflict in the Middle East can feel overwhelming and disheartening. From an economic perspective, consumers often worry about and struggle with rising food and gas prices. Meanwhile, do financial markets have the kind of checks and balances needed to withstand periods of high instability?