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MoneyWeek is a weekly magazine that enables you to become a better-informed, smarter investor and enjoy the rewards of managing your money with confidence. Week-in, week-out we'll guide you through the financial world as it changes, alerting you to all the opportunities to profit and dangers to avoid, as they appear. Income strategies, rising-star companies, the best funds and trusts, clever ways to preserve your wealth during market turmoil... you will get the best ideas from the sharpest financial minds and investing professionals in Britain.

From the editor...

Gifts fit for a king

Government eyes up your pension fund

US flirts with disaster again

Housing market recovery to stall

Viewpoint

A global sell-off in bonds

■ Cashing in on the chip boom

Anglo’s dramatic demerger • The mining giant has spun off its platinum business, which has suffered turbulence and faces an uncertain future. Matthew Partridge reports

Can Shein regain its shine in Hong Kong?

Sanofi stocks up on drugs

MoneyWeek’s comprehensive guide to this week’s share tips

An American view

IPO watch

EU sits down with Trump • The bloc is in peace talks over the ongoing trade war. Emily Hohler reports

Poland votes for pandemonium

UK defence review: mind the gap

The way we live now... a pint-sized recession indicator

News

The new face of Saudi Arabia • Under the youthful crown prince known as MBS, the country’s de facto ruler, the kingdom has pursued ambitious reforms to transform itself into a thriving 21st-century economy. Simon Wilson reports

The far-left seize the day • The radicals in the Labour party are making moves to change the direction of our government. That should terrify us all

City talk

The costly myth of “sell in May” • Last month’s strong returns for US stocks have once again shown that putting too much weight on seasonal patterns will only make investors poorer, says Max King

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

Shops make a city great

What’s holding nuclear back?

The kids will be all right

Blessed are the cheese-rollers

A high-growth market going cheap • The threat of tariffs has shaken Vietnamese stocks, but long-term prospects remain solid

The stocks spearheading the charge of crypto • Companies are starting to invest in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, a trend likely to hasten the mass adoption of digital money, says Dominic Frisby. Buy before the stampede arrives

Who’s driving Tesla? • As Elon Musk steps back from government with his eyes on the stars, investors ask if he’s still behind the wheel at his electric-car maker. Dan McEvoy reports

Where to look now

A long bull market beckons for copper • Ignore short-term volatility: a worsening supply squeeze implies far higher prices in future, says Albert Mackenzie, copper analyst and market reporter at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Electric cars drive leasing boom • People are increasingly resorting to salary-sacrifice schemes to lease pricey cars affordably

Pocket money... the return of the 100% mortgage

Do you accept crypto? • There are some good reasons to consider being paid in digital currencies

SMEs should embrace AI

Petty cash... overdue invoices pile up

Resilient and profitable performers will excel in the era of deglobalisation • A professional investor tells us where he’d put his money. This week: James Harries, co-manager, STS Global Income & Growth Trust, selects his favourites

Alex

The lawyer revolutionising sport • Why ban performance-enhancing drugs in sport? Wouldn’t the Olympics be a far more impressive spectacle if we...