U.S. stocks had a rocky February under Trump’s return. Should investors be worried about March?

February — the shortest month of the year — felt anything but brief as heightened macro uncertainty gripped Wall Street, with seemingly endless twists and turns on the U.S. stock market. 

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rising sharply on Friday, U.S. stocks wrapped up February on a grim note. Tumbling nearly 4% last month, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite COMP suffered its biggest monthly decline since April 2024. The S&P 500 SPX and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA were each off around 1.5%, logging their worst month since December, according to Dow Jones Market Data.