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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...

The value of an Olympic gold medal

Trump plots to deflate the dollar…

… and put a rocket under bitcoin

Value investors avoid Thailand

Brazil walks on the wild side

Viewpoint

■ American consumers’ cash cushion is gone

A formula for trouble • Household-goods giant Reckitt Benckiser’s infant-formula division is likely to continue causing legal difficulties. What now? Matthew Partridge reports

BP splashes the cash

Diageo needs a stiff drink

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

A German view

IPO watch

Startled by a black hole • Labour claims it inherited a worse situation than it realised. Brace for tax rises. Emily Hohler reports

GB Energy – all hot air?

Maduro clings to power • Venezuela’s president is defying rebellious voters. Matthew Partridge reports

Israel raises the stakes in its war with Hamas

Betting on politics

News

The way we live now... the scourge of the suitcase riders

Sid is left out in the cold • A plan for a “Tell Sid”-style campaign to revive interest in share ownership has been scrapped. Why?

City talk

Soft demand for top brands • Investors are becoming more cautious about paying a premium for consumer stocks in a cooling market

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

Guru watch

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

Neoliberalism isn’t the problem

What the new left should do now

The economics of the rat

The cost of free money

Will tariffs trigger a new era of trade wars? • Taxes levied on imports could spread if Donald Trump returns to office. A new era of protectionism in the global economy will herald higher inflation, says Philip Pilkington

Healthy yields from bonds • The Invesco Bond Income Plus trust boasts an excellent record and should offer a smooth ride

Activist watch

Short positions... the great British fund rip-off

A pub play with potential pizzazz • Marston’s new strategy could lead to a substantial rerating of the shares in the next few years

Time to prepare for pricier food • A growing global population makes soft commodities a structural growth market, says David J. Stevenson

Don’t run up roaming charges • If you are going on holiday abroad be sure you know what your trip could add to your phone bill

Pocket money... Revolut secures banking licence

How to choose a web host • Decide first what kind of internet presence your company needs

Equity funding has stalled

Petty cash... how to compete for labour

These overlooked small Asian stocks will become tomorrow’s winners • A professional investor tells us where he’d put his money. This week: Nitin Bajaj, portfolio manager of Fidelity Asian Values, selects three favourites

Alex

South Korea’s rags-to-riches visionary • Brian Kim expertly caught the wave that propelled Korean pop stars and actors to global stardom. Now accused of financial wrongdoing, he is in for the fight of his life. Jane Lewis reports

The boffin shaking up Britain’s tech...