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title: US Sector Stock Volatility and Geopolitical Risk
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/5104488/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 5104488
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5104488
featured: 2025-02-05
citations: unknown
topic: Derivatives & Volatility
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# US Sector Stock Volatility and Geopolitical Risk

US sectoral stock market volatility is significantly affected by different geopolitical risk categories, with sectors reacting more to terror threats than actual terror acts or war escalations.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5104488
- Identifier: SSRN 5104488
- Released: 2025-01-21
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 84 (2025-02-05): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2025-02-05/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Derivatives & Volatility

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