NewsWatch: A popular Wall Street blogger vowed to never short the stock market again — until now

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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE

After getting destroyed by misplaced bets against stocks, Wolf Richter of the popular Wolf Street financial blog, says he’s back at it again. See full story.

The stock market’s rally to start 2020 means it will take the average worker a record 114 hours to buy one unit of the S&P 500

Stocks lurch toward fresh records to commence the first trading day in 2020, but those gains have raised some questions about the run-up in values for broad-market U.S. equity benchmarks. See full story.

This gorgeous country is the No. 1 place to retire abroad — and you can do it on just $2,200 a month

International Living is out with its list of the best places to retire abroad See full story.

The best (and worst) diets for 2020, according to a panel of 25 health professionals

A panel of ‘nationally recognized’ experts in diet, nutrition, obesity, food psychology, diabetes and heart disease spent months deciding on the No. 1 diet, based on seven criteria. See full story.

‘Help! I’m 22 with $70,000 in savings and investments, but I’m addicted to checking my brokerage accounts multiple times a day’

‘I am addicted to watching the “total accounts” number grow in my portfolio.’  See full story.

MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE

A panel of ‘nationally recognized’ experts in diet, nutrition, obesity, food psychology, diabetes and heart disease spent months deciding on the No. 1 diet, based on seven criteria. See full story.