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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The COVID-19 economy has been brutal for millions of people who have been directly affected, through illness and loss of family members and friends, but also though lost jobs, destroyed businesses and disrupted careers. The stock market has been a different story: Unprecedented stimulus efforts of the federal government and …
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A previous version of this article incorrectly referred to a statistic involving five-month winning streaks for the S&P 500. The article has been corrected. Carrying the team. jonathan nackstrand/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Pandemic worries, election uncertainty, U.S.-China tensions — none of that is enough to sway this tough bull market, says …
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We’ve got a meaty call of the day from Pershing Square Capital Management hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman, who told investors on a call on Wednesday that he is dumping shares in Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A, -0.52% BRK.B, -0.61%. While Buffett is always the main attraction in a room, Ackman …
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With tax filing season now underway, we have two full years of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) changes in the rearview mirror: 2018 and 2019. Are you better off than before? Is the country better off than before? Good questions. Not surprisingly, the answers depend on your specific …
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