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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 Duchy Files

Where to look in emerging markets

Indonesia goes for growth

The Budget will hit house prices

Labour’s baptism of fire

Viewpoint

■ The power of reinvested dividends

Oil sector off the boil • The likes of BP and Shell are starting to struggle amid a glut of black gold. And growth in demand looks likely to slow. Matthew Partridge reports

Estée Lauder needs to touch up

The cost of the AI arms race

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

A German view

IPO watch

Trump sees a golden age • What will Americans, and the world, actually get? Stuart Watkins reports

Europe wins battle for the soul of Moldova

German coalition on brink of collapse

News

Will the Budget boost growth? • The government’s long-awaited first Budget pushed up taxes and spending to all-time highs, not to mention the debt. But the most needed reforms were nowhere to be seen. Simon Wilson reports

Chinese brands are going global • Complacent Western giants are not nearly ready for the threat that they pose

City talk

No race to make changes • Our long-running ETF strategy won’t be placing any bets yet about what Donald Trump will do in his new term

How the portfolio has performed over ten years

Guru watch

Go international for income • This trust offers a FTSE-beating yield from a global portfolio and trades on a 10% discount

Activist watch

Short positions... PRS Reit puts up a for-sale sign

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

Elon Musk is a superhero

Spirit of Brexit haunts the EU

The Great Cheese Heist

In defence of Treasury brain

Invest in the power of pharmaceutical pipelines • It’s important to ensure a drug company is concentrating on developing treatments for major diseases. Dr. Mike Tubbs surveys the sector and highlights the most promising candidates

A top-notch company going cheap • DCC has a stellar long-term record and promising prospects; it has been unfairly marked down

Optimism is the best strategy • Finding winning stocks is no mean feat. You can give yourself an edge with investment trusts, says Max King

How to navigate a turbulent world • Options can be a useful solution to protect and grow your wealth in volatile times, says James Proudlock

Options explained: going long with call options

Options explained: going short with put options

The IHT net tightens • In 2027 retirement savings will no longer be exempt from inheritance tax

Aim investors sigh with relief

News in brief... Lisas need updating

How to cut your capital-gains bill • The levies payable on profits from selling a range of assets rose immediately after the Budget

Pocket money... stamp-duty-free thresholds fall

Check your IHT exposure • New inheritance taxes may be a heavy blow for asset-intensive businesses

NI rise will push up payroll costs

Founders will pay more on sales

Indonesia’s Iron Lady • The election of a former military general with big spending plans in Indonesia spooked...