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• Mutual Funds Weekly: These money and investing tips can help you figure out where stocks are now and where they could be going
  These investing-related stories were popular with MarketWatch readers this past week.
• NewsWatch: SpaceX successfully launches U.S. astronauts into space
  Space Exploration Technologies Corp. on Saturday successfully launches the first astronauts into space from U.S. soil in nine years. The capsule carrying NASA astronauts reached orbit on its way to the International Space Station.
• SpaceX successfully launches U.S. astronauts into space
  Space Exploration Technologies Corp. on Saturday successfully launches the first astronauts into space from U.S. soil in nine years. The capsule carrying NASA astronauts reached orbit on its way to the International Space Station.
• Deep Dive: As SpaceX sends Americans into orbit, investors can take this ETF to a new frontier
  The SPDR S&P Kensho Final Frontiers ETF focuses on spacecraft, launch vehicles, rockets and satellites.
• Upgrade: I’m 40, will get a pension and have $60,000 saved for retirement. Should I borrow from it to pay off $17,500 in credit card debt?
  He is hoping to be ‘stress free’ from debt
• Over 40 million people filed for unemployment since March — $1,200 stimulus checks are a mere Band-Aid for Americans
  Economic impact payments would cover less than half of the average family’s monthly expenses, a new study found.
• Walt Disney World cancels dining reservations and stops taking new hotel bookings ahead of planned July reopening
  Travelers are rethinking their theme-park getaways as Disney eliminates some of its most popular perks for when Walt Disney World resumes operations.
• Key Words: ‘A prolonged depression is virtually guaranteed without significant federal aid to state and local governments’
  ‘The unemployment situation is going to get worse before it gets better’: More than 1 in 5 people are now out of a job.
• The Number One: The No. 1 thing Americans are spending their stimulus checks on — even more than shopping at Costco, Walmart and Target
  ‘Americans are aware of how grim the near future could be.’
• Where Should I Retire?: My retirement income is $95,000 a year, and I want a walkable, affordable beach town to spend the winter. Where should I retire?
  This beach town “cannot be on the West Coast.”