NewsWatch: The IPO boom might look like 1999 but history tells us the stock market rally has longer to run, strategist says

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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE

U.S. stocks are set to start the week in a positive fashion, with a number of things contributing to the feel-good factor. See full story.

Dow futures rise over 200 points as vaccine shipments begins

Stock-index futures rise Monday, with major benchmarks looking to bounce back after a losing week as investors weigh the U.S. rollout of a COVID-19 magazine and prospects for a deal on a compromise aid spending package. See full story.

British pound surges as U.K. and EU set to go ‘the extra mile’ on Brexit deal

Financial markets are set to parse news that U.K. and EU leaders agreed that they should go “the extra mile” to try to find a compromise on a trade deal, following a Sunday phone conversation. See full story.

COVID-19 may have changed your employer’s health coverage options—how to choose a plan for 2021

The pandemic adds some wrinkles to an already tricky decision; here is some advice from experts to help you select the best coverage at the right price. See full story.

Tesla bear puzzles over the ‘Quadruple-WTF Chart of the Year’

Wolf Richter has been chronicling Tesla’s incredible year with a series of charts, beginning with the “WTF Chart of the Year” back in February, when he hailed the stock as a “supernatural phenomenon.” It’s only gotten more phenomenal since then. See full story.

MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE

‘We’re looking forward to moving closer to family and putting down roots.’ See full story.