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The suicide attack on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport underscores how sudden geopolitical events can trigger sharp market reactions. For quantitative traders, understanding how such shocks flow through asset correlations and portfolio volatility is essential for building resilient strategies. The Immediate Market Reaction to a Crisis When a high‑profile attack occurs, investors often rush to reassess risk, leading to rapid price swings in equities, commodities, and currencies linked to the region. Liquidity can evaporate, bid‑ask spreads widen, and volatility spikes across multiple asset classes. The initial price moves are rarely driven by fundamentals; instead, they reflect a collective re‑pricing of perceived geopolitical risk....