NewsWatch: ‘The housing market is on a sugar high’: Home sales are soaring, but is it a good time to buy? Here’s what the experts say

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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE

The domestic property market is fueled by a government stimulus and a COVID-fueled rush to low density housing, economists say. See full story.

President Trump just got lit up by Twitter for violating ‘rules about civic and election integrity‘

President Trump, once again, has ran afoul of the Twitter police. In a tweet sounding the alarm on voting by mail, Trump claimed that mail drop boxes are “a big fraud” and “are not Covid santized.” Twitter slapped a label on it: See full story.

Invest in tech indexes, but hedge your bets with fine wine and stamps, says this strategist

Tech companies will grow exponentially for the next two decades, far outpacing other investments, strategic advisory firm Aquaa Partners said on Friday. See full story.

Will videogames be the Achilles heel for Apple, Google in antitrust investigations?

“This is an inflection point, and the start of a long-running debate on how these platforms push us right to the edge of what we are willing to pay,” James Currier, managing partner at NFX, a Silicon-Valley-based venture capital firm. See full story.

The U.S. dollar’s sharp decline is driving this investment manager — reluctantly — into gold

Spiraling debt, slow COVID-19 response and trade wars could spike prices, inflation and interest rates for Americans, writes Vitaliy Katsenelson. See full story.

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Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture and deputy chairperson of the Senate resigned Friday after attending an 80-person dinner, directly contravening the guidelines of their own government. See full story.