NewsWatch: The S&P 500 has to hold this level or risk a 10% correction, warns strategist

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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE

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Suze Orman says investors should stay the course and explains why she thinks investors worried about their retirement savings after a historic downturn for the Dow Jones Industrial Average should welcome such selloffs. See full story.

Democratic debate in South Carolina likely to feature attacks on both big spender Mike Bloomberg and front-runner Bernie Sanders

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HP sends mixed message on Xerox while business continues to decline

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Private equity-backed IPOs aren’t performing. That is driving more companies to stay private

Globally, more than 70% of 90 IPOs backed by buyouts between 2010 and 2014 underperformed, according to Bain & Co See full story.

MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE

‘My children had a lot of difficulty growing up and their father enabled a lot of behavior by giving them money well into their adulthood.’ See full story.