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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE
A grind higher for stocks is the best investors should hope for right now, says Janney Scott Montgomery’s chief investment strategist. See full story.
This is the age you’ll be most unhappy — and the No. 1 happiest country in the world (it’s NOT America)
‘Many people are hurting,’ David Blanchflower, a Dartmouth College economist, writes in a new study of people in 41 countries. See full story.
World’s largest asset manager BlackRock joins $41 trillion climate-change investing pact
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with more than $6.8 trillion under its control, becomes the latest signatory to the influential Climate Action 100+. It’s a pact that is increasingly pushing, although with spotty results so far, many of the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters take action on man-made climate change. See full story.
Apple shareholders should be thankful the company isn’t handing them more cash
Stock buybacks are better from a tax perspective than dividends, writes Gary Smith. See full story.
Why would the Bank of England cut rates?
Brexit-related fears seem at the heart of the current debate on whether to cut rates this month or wait a bit. See full story.
MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE
A new report from Experian found that the average FICO Score in the U.S. reached an all-time high in 2019 of 703. See full story.
