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NewsWatch: April has been bullish for stocks but you shouldn’t bet on a repeat this year

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Wall Street’s calendar trading patterns aren’t worth planning your days around. See full story. We want to retire in a place with a low cost of living, no humidity and no colder than 50 degrees — I freeze easily! Where should we go? The house budget is …

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NewsWatch: As rising Treasury yields spook stock investors, March looms like a lion

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE After a frenetic February, investors are probably hoping that March holds true to its proverb: In like a lion out like a lamb. See full story. This CPAC ‘golden calf’ Trump statue is spurring backlash of biblical proportions Comments like ‘the GOP worship a golden crook’ spread …

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NewsWatch: As rising Treasury yields spook stock investors, March looms like a lion

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE After a frenetic February, investors are probably hoping that March holds true to its proverb: In like a lion out like a lamb. See full story. This CPAC ‘golden calf’ Trump statue is spurring backlash of biblical proportions Comments like ‘the GOP worship a golden crook’ spread …

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NewsWatch: The New York Stock Exchange president says the stock market is not a casino. Here’s what academic research says.

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE With the wild moves in the stock of GameStop and AMC Entertainment, or last week in cannabis makers, it’s not illogical to think of the stock market as a casino. Here’s what academic research finds. See full story. These retirees left their pricey life in Santa Cruz, …

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NewsWatch: These copper-exposed stocks can surge in 2021 as tailwinds line up, Morgan Stanley says

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Copper-exposed stocks could be set to surge in 2021 and a buying opportunity may be around the corner, Morgan Stanley analysts said on Monday. See full story. Bill Gates is now the largest farmland owner in America Bill Gates may no longer be the world’s richest man, …

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NewsWatch: Here are the biggest stock market winners and losers in Biden’s massive stimulus plan

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Sectors including banking, biotech, gold mining, green energy and infrastructure will be in play this year. See full story. Biden promises 100 federal vaccination centers by end of his first month in office President-elect Joe Biden on Friday gives a speech in Wilmington, Del., about his plan …

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NewsWatch: Here’s why the Georgia runoff elections for the U.S. Senate could turn into a ‘big deal’ for markets

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE The looming Georgia runoff elections next Tuesday could inject volatility in a high-flying stock market that has mostly looked past politics in favor of the brighter economic outlook next year. See full story. Yes, it’s possible to save too much for retirement You may miss out on …

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NewsWatch: Stock-market pros are having a tough time imagining an S&P 500 slump in 2021

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Strategists aren’t eager to balk at the notion that the bull market in stocks is getting exhausted and are offering expectations for solid year-end gains and in some cases, projecting eye-popping rallies for the market in the coming 12 months. See full story. Videogames are a bigger …

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NewsWatch: Stock-market pros are having a tough time imagining an S&P 500 slump in 2021

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Strategists aren’t eager to balk at the notion that the bull market in stocks is getting exhausted and are offering expectations for solid year-end gains and in some cases, projecting eye-popping rallies for the market in the coming 12 months. See full story. ‘Real Housewives of New …

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