NewsWatch: Here are the biggest stock market winners and losers in Biden’s massive stimulus plan

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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE

Sectors including banking, biotech, gold mining, green energy and infrastructure will be in play this year. See full story.

The COVID-19 earnings recession is expected to remain, but an end may be in sight

After the holiday quarter snapped an earnings recession last year, the same is not expected this year — but it isn’t impossible, and may happen three months later. See full story.

Squeeze play? How the ‘most shorted’ stocks are crushing the market in the new year

Sometimes it pays to be hated. The market’s most heavily shorted stocks are crushing their peers in the early days of the new year, note analysts at Bespoke Investment Group. See full story.

Biden promises 100 federal vaccination centers by end of his first month in office

President-elect Joe Biden on Friday gives a speech in Wilmington, Del., about his plan to roll out COVID-19 vaccines. See full story.

How to make sure your spouse gets your retirement savings when you die

There are differences between IRA and 401(k) beneficiaries See full story.

MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE

‘I happened to have inherited my mother’s house, so if I don’t qualify, that’s fine. I’m working.’ See full story.