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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE

Our call of the day says a single indicator is telling them which stock sectors are the best bet right now. See full story.

Billionaires including Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk avoided paying federal income taxes in some years, report says

Billionaires including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Tesla founder Elon Musk and media titan Michael Bloomberg have avoided paying any federal income tax in some years, according to a report from ProPublica, which cited a trove of Internal Revenue Service data. See full story.

Higher prices aren’t always a bad thing. Sometimes they nudge producers and consumers toward necessary changes

“Chipageddon” is not the end of the world. Rather, it is giving chip producers a clear signal to ramp up production and increase supply. See full story.

Taper tantrum? Only if somebody wakes the U.S. bond market

Maybe the bond market already had its tantrum? See full story.

Justice Department says ‘millions of dollars of bitcoin’ paid to Colonial Pipeline ransomware hackers has been reclaimed

The Justice Department, in conjunction with other federal authorities, on Monday said that the majority of the ransomware paid to hackers of a crucial U.S. pipeline last month has been recaptured. See full story.

MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE

If your income is too high to make annual Roth IRA contributions, contributing to a ‘designed Roth account’ is worth considering. See full story.