MoneyWeek

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...

Japanese PM sets a new beat

South Korea enjoys a “blistering rally”

Hedge funds return to favour

Viewpoint

The next subprime disaster?

■ Is sterling’s rally already over? • US dollars per pound

British banks bounce back • Shares are at their highest levels since 2008, reflecting strong results. But is the sector now likely to face higher taxes? Matthew Partridge reports

Liberty starts to liberate itself from ITV

Novartis buys a shot in the arm

Trump resets trade • The US president has signed up to a blizzard of new deals. Emily Hohler reports

Canada seeks to mend fences with US

Milei’s radicalism triumphs at polls

The way we live now... the school of opportunity knocks

News

How to nurture a culture of growth • The Nobel Prize in economics this year went to three thinkers who show us why economies grow and how we can help them do so. Governments would be wise to heed the lessons. Simon Wilson reports

It’s time for Reeves to secure her legacy

City talk

A bet we’re forced to make • It’s impossible to say yet if AI will revolutionise the world, but failure would clearly be very costly

I wish I knew what enterprise value was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask

Guru watch

Invest for a volatile era • Our 25th birthday conference’s agenda offers investors a wide array of compelling themes

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

Britain’s new political tribes

The rich do pay their share

Discworld economics

Democracy is not about choice

The academics learning to become entrepreneurs • Britain’s universities are a vital economic asset, but they could be exploited far more effectively than they are being at present. There are opportunities here for investors. Matthew Partridge reports

The best investments to buy now

Get ready for an age of uncertainty and upheaval • Tectonic geopolitical and economic shifts are under way. Investors need to consider a full range of tools when positioning portfolios to accommodate these seismic changes, says James Proudlock

Japan is still rising to new highs • Political ructions are no obstacle to gains, and the return of inflation may even benefit stocks

Activist watch

Short positions... BSIF mulls move to new model

The wealthy start shopping again • After two years of uncertainty, the outlook for luxury-goods purveyor LVMH is starting to improve

Global investors have overlooked these solid stocks going for growth • A professional investor tells us where she’d put her money. This week: Nisha Thakrar, investment specialist at Nedgroup Investments, selects three favourites

Alex

The Stella Show is still on the road • Stella Li is the globe-trotting ambassador for Chinese electric-car company BYD, which has grown in 30 years into a world leader. Can she keep the motor running? Jane Lewis reports

Wildly funny satirist skewers hustle culture

An island retreat in the Maldives • Chris Newlands escapes to Kuda Villingili Resort Maldives for some much-needed rest

A superlative sportscruiser • The new SAY 52 from...