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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...

A global boycott

Trump chaos leaves investors flying blind

Gold fever hits Wall Street

Choose US small caps carefully

Viewpoint

Massive gamble on Moscow

■ The green energy bubble has burst

Trump trips up Tesla • Elon Musk’s association with the American president has dented demand for his electric cars in the US and Europe. Matthew Partridge reports

Hornby reaches the end of the line

Defence sector hits speed bump

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

An American view

IPO watch

Project Chainsaw begins • The British government is taking the fight to the blockers. Emily Hohler reports

Trump and Putin seek deal on Ukraine

Germany turns on the credit taps

News

The way we live now... a creative solution to a labour shortage

Labour rolls back the welfare state • The government is tackling the swelling welfare bill. Has it gone far enough? Simon Wilson reports

The return of the department store • Middle England’s favourite shops have bounced back for now – but do they have a future?

City talk

Star stocks start to struggle • Buying quality large caps worked very well last decade. A more volatile world will be a bigger challenge

I wish I knew what a factor was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask

Guru watch

Mid Wynd runs out of puff • This global trust has struggled since it changed managers and a turnaround is not yet in sight

Activist watch

Short positions... a solid bid for a battery fund

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

America’s debt time bomb

Trump’s coalition will implode

Be brave and quit your job

Three policies to fix Britain

Make fat profits from trim waistlines • The new generation of weight-loss drugs are a boon for the overweight, but they also promise to change our relationship with food and revolutionise the economy. Matthew Partridge reports

The best investments to buy now

The housing bubble will burst • Property prices have climbed in the past few years, but the long-term outlook is poor, says Max King

Profit from the global LNG boom • Cheniere Energy is expanding to grab a share of a growing market

Does it pay to signal virtue? • Getting certified as ethical is pricey, but the returns can be worth it

SMEs in line for car-finance cash

Petty cash... old phones phased out

No quantum of solace • Quantum computing group IonQ is inefficient, overhyped and overpriced

Betting on politics... Starmer will stay

How my tips have fared

Three top-notch Taiwanese companies cashing in on the advent of AI • A professional investor tells us where he’d put his money. This week: Eric Chan, investment director and co-manager of the Aberdeen Asian Income Fund

Alex

A ‘vulture’ swoops on the City • Boaz Weinstein’s campaign to take over and transform “the Miserable Seven” London-based investment trusts has been routed – for now. The fight isn’t over yet. Jane Lewis reports

The patriotic millionaires giving away their wealth

Two Indian Ocean idylls...