Historically when there is major calamity (warfare, coup, major disasters) there is an immediate spike in demand from overseas investors for 'safe' assets like US Treasury bonds and T-bills.
Do we know how the market could behave if the calamity was on- shore and was clearly targeted at the US government? Would US capital flee, if so, where? (the markets were quickly closed during 9/11)
Some viable scenarios to illustrate the kind of scenario I'm referring to:
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Presidential assassination
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an attempted White House coup
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economically significant States seceding from the Union
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Second American Civil War
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Washington D.C hit by a improvised radiological device ('dirty bomb')
Submitted March 18, 2017 at 07:12AM by RCS47 http://ift.tt/2ny98A0
