Greece set for critical vote on spending cuts

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE

Greek lawmakers are expected to approve a controversial austerity plan whose passage is required in exchange for a major bailout package to help the nation avoid bankruptcy. See full story.

5 stock pros confess their biggest market worries

Global money managers talk about their biggest concerns for 2012 and how they are shaping portfolios to protect against what�s lurking around the corner, namely Europe�s sovereign debt crisis and U.S. growth fears. See full story.

5 stock pros confess their biggest market worries

Global money managers talk about their biggest concerns for 2012 and how they are shaping portfolios to protect against what�s lurking around the corner, namely Europe�s sovereign debt crisis and U.S. growth fears. See full story.

Japanese GDP, BOJ meeting on tap for Asia

Asian investors are expected to focus on the Japanese economy in the week ahead, with gross domestic product data due and a policy meeting scheduled at the Bank of Japan. See full story.

Indian stocks advance for sixth straight week

Indian stocks make it to a sixth week of gains, still powered by the return of global investors� appetite for risk, even if the market drops on Friday on renewed concerns for Greece and a sharp slowdown in industrial production in December domestically. 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

What�s the State of Retirement in the U.S.? It�s plagued with problems involving Social Security, contribution rates and more that need fixing now. See full story.