NewsWatch: Housing is a luxury? Here’s what the K-shaped recovery means for real estate

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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE

A K-shaped recovery from the COVID-induced downturn could be accompanied by an increasingly unequal housing market. See full story.

The hopeful news for Social Security buried in the $1.9 trillion bailout

The pension bailout is hard to justify on any grounds other than compassion See full story.

Buy these 3 battery stocks to play the electric-vehicle party, but stay away from this company, says UBS

Despite the recent selloff in electric-vehicle stocks like Tesla and Nio, there is still intense investor interest in the sector, with demand for electric-vehicles expected to climb dramatically over the next decades. See full story.

Investors may have a ‘buy’ signal, as these big tech stocks have dropped up to 32% in only three weeks

Now might be “a golden opportunity” to own the “secular tech winners” for the next 12 to 18 months, according to Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives. See full story.

After an unseemly stampede, the Nasdaq Composite may be near the end of its correction

Mark Hulbert on a contrarian analysis of sentiment among stock-market timers. See full story.

MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE

The GOP tax cuts included changes to the mortgage interest deduction that could come into play if you decided to refinance in 2020. See full story.