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It's been a bumpy 2014. Before Israel invaded Gaza and the plane crash in Ukraine, these six events threatened to derail the bull market ... briefly
Vladimir Putin's decision to invade and ultimately annex Crimea brought U.S.-Russia tensions to levels unseen since the Cold War.
U.S. investors were briefly worried that the Ukrainian conflict would spark a broader war or massive sanctions that could hurt global markets. The U.S. stock market bobbled several times in March and April as the tensions escalated.
Those concerns faded a bit, but have not gone away, as the developments in the region this week show.