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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...

Big Tech’s odd couple

It’s time to buy emerging markets

Can Korea close the valuation gap?

Why we are losing Libor

Will house prices fall further?

Viewpoint

■ Zimbabwean stocks leave global rivals standing

BT’s investors on hold • The telecoms giant is losing its CEO and could face a takeover bid. The political backdrop, moreover, is inauspicious. Matthew Partridge reports

China’s Ant slows to a crawl

A top-up for Southern Water

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

A German view

IPO watch

Keir Starmer: a safe pair of hands? • The Labour Party is on track to win the next election, but to what end? Emily Hohler reports

Hunt tightens the purse strings

Dutch PM quits over asylum • An immigration row has brought down Mark Rutte. Matthew Partridge reports

Turkey’s U-turn on Sweden boosts Nato

Betting on politics

News

The dirty reality behind clean energy • Our ethereal digital world and the green-energy transition both still rely on digging tons of stuff out of the ground. That represents a geopolitical opportunity for China. Simon Wilson reports

Three reforms to boost the City • Jeremy Hunt’s tweaks to the rules don’t go nearly far enough

City talk

The real lost decade • The slow recovery of the Japanese market shows turnarounds take time. UK investors should take note

I wish I knew what an intangible asset was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask

Guru watch • Richard Koo, chief economist, Nomura Research Institute

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

Britain’s migrant Ponzi scheme

AI will create more jobs

The joy of an allotment

Banning roads won’t save us

Bling’s the thing: invest in lucrative luxury goods • A rapidly expanding global middle class and an emphasis on exclusivity are powering growth in the sector. The long-term outlook is compelling. Matthew Partridge explains how to profit

What to buy now

How to invest in investors • Money management is lucrative, but it pays to look carefully at profitability, says Bruce Packard

Hargreaves Lansdown is a buy

The real trouble with Thames Water • The deluge of debt at the utility is not its fault, says Max King, who is a very happy customer

A metal with magical powers • Gold is indestructible and has outlasted all other forms of money, says Dominic Frisby

Global diversification at a discount • AVI Global aims to exploit anomalies and inefficiencies in three undervalued niches

Mitie’s mighty performance • Shares in the outsourcer, one of the sector’s success stories, look cheap

Trading techniques... expiring lockups

How my tips have fared

The fintech revolution is here to stay • Online banks and payment firms have shaken up a stagnant finance sector and benefited users

Three top Open-Banking apps

Self-employed must save too • People working for themselves still need a pension

A solid basis for retirement

News in brief... a new NI top-up deadline

Is Britain’s inflation rate overstated? •...