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There's a reason MoneyWeek is Britain's best-selling financial magazine. We exist to help you ground your portfolio so that it keeps your money safe during rough patches and growing in the good times. We don't just look at how to maximise your returns and limit your losses, we also like to look at how you can keep more of the money you've made.

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...

Survivor of the week

Chinese stocks are cheap for a reason

South Korean market woos foreign investors

Oil will rally later this year

Base metals will shine in 2023

Viewpoint

■ Britain at the bottom of the productivity league

Cracks in the car alliance • The longstanding tie-up between Nissan and Renault appears to have run out of road. The firms could eventually separate. Matthew Partridge reports

LVMH bets on luxury boom

“Dutch milkman” takes over Unilever

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

An American View... picks from the Barron’s Roundtable

Rishi Sunak’s first 100 days • The prime minister has steadied the ship, but will that be enough? Emily Hohler reports

Brexit three years on: was it worth it?

Nato’s expansion stalls • Turkey is holding firm against Sweden’s accession. Matthew Partridge reports

Italy’s new PM exceeds low expectations

Betting on politics

News

Britain’s north-south divide • Boris Johnson’s government was elected in 2019 on a promise of levelling up the poorer areas of the country. Have we made any progress? Simon Wilson reports

Don’t fall for the AI hype • ChatGPT is an impressive tool, but investors who pile into every excited story will get burned

City talk

Overtaken by events • You can’t anticipate crises – but if you come into them with a pricey portfolio, it will cost you more

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

Guru watch

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

The return of the secretary

Britain’s hidden success story

Learning to love your job

Did the sugar tax work?

Investing in world-changing stocks • Scottish Mortgage struggled in 2022, but its strategy is still compelling for long-term investors

Activist watch

Short positions... 3i’s record-breaking retail deal

Solid stocks ready to motor for years to come • Finding winners and avoiding losers requires some detective work. Dr Mike Tubbs highlights five key characteristics of long-term success stories – and the shares that look poised to prosper now

BASF gets the chemistry right • This German chemicals blue-chip has fallen far out of favour. The shares now look a bargain

A cheap stock by any measure

The best regular saver accounts • Stash away your cash and earn up to 7% interest

Overpaid on energy bills? Claim it back

Pocket money... how to top up your state pension

How to keep data safe • Firms failing to safeguard customers’ details could incur a fine

Do you need a salary-advance scheme?

Petty cash... growing the procurement pie

Companies embracing change will prosper • A professional investor tells us where he’d put his money. This week: James Rutland, manager of the Invesco European Focus Fund, selects three stocks

If only you’d...