European stocks edge lower as investors await concrete U.S.-China trade progress

European stocks nudged lower on Tuesday as investors waited for more concrete trade developments between the U.S. and China.   The Stoxx 600 SXXP, -0.04% fell 0.1% in early trading, while the German DAX DAX, -0.20% dropped 0.3% and the French CAC PX1, -0.03% slipped 0.1%.   What’s moving...

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The woman who nailed 2018’s stock-market drop says ‘China is kind of a sideshow’ — the big Trump trade war is Europe

Nancy Davis, the chief investment officer and founder of advisory firm Quadratic Capital, says much of the markets focus has been on the U.S.’s trade confrontation with China but speculated that increasing trade tensions with Europe could deliver an unexpected blow to Wall Street.   “It’s not one on...

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