Why stock-market traders are already bracing for a make-or-break month in March
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 9:40 am
MarketWatch - 2/9/2019 - Mark DeCambre - Is it too early to starting talking about March? Traders and strategists are already bracing for a month that could prove crucial in resolving a pair of the most pressing geopolitical dilemmas of the past several months: Brexit and U.S.-China trade. “It’s a pivotal month from a geopolitical standpoint,” Randy Frederick, vice president of trading and derivatives at Charles Schwab, told MarketWatch during a phone interview. Looming large is a 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time March 2 deadline for an agreement to be struck between Beijing and Washington on their longstanding tariff dispute. The U.K., meanwhile, is spiraling toward a March 29 scheduled exit from the European Union with or without a trade agreement in hand. Read more @ https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-s ... 2019-02-09