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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...

Cash for access in the EU

Autumn chill sets in on Wall Street

Are shares disconnecting from reality?

Oil market heads for large surplus

Mexico unnerves investors

Viewpoint

■ China’s property slump undermines iron ore • Seaborne iron ore

A marriage of convenience • The Japanese operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores is being wooed by a Canadian peer. Securing a deal won’t be easy. Matthew Partridge reports

Gambling group’s luck is changing

Late delivery for Royal Mail bid?

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

A German view

IPO watch

Macron picks a new PM • Is Michel Barnier the right choice for France? Matthew Partridge reports

Ukraine to get a longer reach

Betting on politics

News

The way we live now... artificial intelligence is rewriting restaurant menus

Will mpox be the new Covid? • Not if it can be contained, says the WHO. But will it be? Simon Wilson reports

Can Topshop rise from the dead? • Almost certainly not – there are no second acts in British retailing

City talk

Don’t get excited over IPOs • Newly-listed companies are far more likely to underperform the market than deliver spectacular gains

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

Guru watch • Jim Leaviss, outgoing chief investment officer of fixed income, M&G

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

A tectonic shift in luxury goods

US retreats from social activism

The boom in bookshops

Dynamic pricing makes sense

The uncertain future of banking • High-street banks are struggling to grow, but their digital rivals still have much to prove, says Bruce Packard

Higher rates have hampered Reits • Discounts to net asset value are likely to persist for some time – focus on income over value

Activist watch

Short positions... UK pension funds shun local stocks

Banks’ top package deals • Accounts with extra features such as insurance are likely to rise in price

U-turn on fraud compensation

Pocket money... British Isa binned – and good riddance

A comfortable retirement • You will probably need more money than you think when you finish work

Cut your capital gains tax bill

News in brief... don’t forget pension credit

How to find quality and growth in the sweet spot of the British stockmarket • A professional investor tells us where she’d put her money. This week: Alexandra Jackson, manager, Rathbone UK Opportunities Fund, highlights three favourites

Alex

The hedgie rooting for Trump • Bill Ackman made his name as an activist investor and corporate raider. Now he’s discovering his political voice on Twitter and is backing Donald Trump for president. Alex Rankine reports

A £50m pay day for the bad boys of Britpop

A cosy nook in the Lake District • Langdale Chase hotel on Lake Windermere is a home away from home, says Natasha Langan

Aston Martin finds its mojo • The British carmaker has rediscovered its spirit in the sporty, new 2024 Vantage

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