March 4, 2019 | The China Factor

Some attributed Monday’s stock-market volatility to nervousness over trade talks, but if China had anything to do with the day’s moderate losses, the more likely cause was a report that economic growth there is running at the slowest pace in three decades. This could conceivably be bullish for NYSE stocks, since, with Europe’s economy also swirling down the dumper, the U.S. is the only game in town. Whatever the case, I would not suggest loading up on call options ahead of the “big” news still to come on tariffs.
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Rick Ackerman March 4th, 2019
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