Stock futures maintain gains after housing data

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE

U.S. stock futures rise Tuesday as investors find relief in declining Spanish and Italian bond yields and look to industrial production data later in the session. See full story.

Repsol shares dive after Argentina�s YPF move

Investors sell shares of Spanish energy group Repsol on Tuesday in the wake of a move by the Argentine government to nationalize YPF SA See full story.

Asian stocks slide on China, Spain worries

Asian stocks skid amid lingering worries about Spain�s debt troubles, with mainland Chinese and Hong Kong stocks dropping after data showing foreign direct investment in the mainland continued to decline. See full story.

What the euro�s strength can teach us

Despite widespread predictions that the euro is doomed, the currency has outperformed the Dow industrials over the last three months. Mark Hulbert looks into the matter. See full story.

MARKETWATCH COMMENTARY

Instead of acknowledging that banks have become a part of government, we keep pretending they are private institutions, writes David Weidner. See full story.

MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE

Playing the odds that you won�t live past a certain age because of numbers in a mortality table is the wrong way to plan for retirement, say researchers. See full story.