Beware the Ides of March - There Is a Reason for That Saying! The fate of the broader equity market lies in the hands of the bond market. Stocks quotes in this article: TSLA It seems Shakespeare was way ahead of his time when he created the character of the soothsayer that caught Caesar's attention by warning him about the "Ides of March". Granted that was during Roman times when no stock market was existent so to speak, but it is by no coincidence that seasonally March always tends to be one of the most volatile and "surprising" of months when consensual positions are whiplashed, crushing performance before the start of the next quarter. Is this just a famous line that keeps getting quoted time and again, or is there something more to this ominous saying?