NewsWatch: This spot-on predictor of who will win the 2020 presidential election is not the stock market or even opinion polls

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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE

Online betting markets are better at forecasting the U.S. presidential election outcome. See full story.

Here’s one ‘remarkable’ difference between COVID-19 and the 1918 Spanish flu

There are also similarities between the 1918 influenza and SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China. See full story.

Robert Shiller explains the pandemic stock market and why it’s decoupled from the economy

The stock market has gone through three phases during the pandemic: Denial, fear and fear of missing out. See full story.

President Trump cheated on his SAT, according to his niece’s new book

“Too much and never enough: How my family created the world’s most dangerous man” is a tell-all memoir coming out next week that goes into how Trump’s dysfunctional upbringing turned him into a leader who “now threatens the world’s health, economic security and social fabric,” as publisher Simon & Schuster put it. See full story.

Tesla’s stock is forming a bubble and new buyers should buckle up for a crash

Tesla bulls are running but what goes up must come down, writes Mark Hulbert. See full story.

MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE

COVID-19 has been a wake-up call in so many ways. See full story.

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