NewsWatch: The Nasdaq trades within 2% of a record high as the unbearable lightness of the stock market continues

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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE

After a brutal March wrecked an 11-year bull market, there seems be little doubt on Wednesday that equity markets in the U.S. are returning to bullish form again after being rocked by COVID-19. See full story.

Italian trader loses his ‘entire life savings’ on one insanely risky position

When Luckin Coffee shares, which were already down 89% for the year, were halted in April amid an investigation into financial misconduct, losses were felt far and wide. One investor with a PG-13 Reddit name took a particularly grievous hit. See full story.

Watch out: This is the age where you should definitely stop trading stocks

Study finds the point where our money skills start falling faster than our confidence See full story.

Trump ‘is escalating violence around the country’ and needs to ‘get out of the way’ — former Republican governor of NJ

Rather than calming, the president is rubbing “rhetorical salt in our country’s open wound of racism,” writes Christine Todd Whitman. See full story.

Buy this, not that — 5 stocks to trade into now and 5 to avoid

These stocks for your buy list have strong momentum and solid potential. See full story.

MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE

The extra $600 week provided under the CARES Act has been ‘a godsend’ to Ray Maslyk, who has been out of work for almost two months. See full story.

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