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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...

Make wine, not war

Japan reaches end of loose-money era

Empty offices hit commercial property

Copper will regain its shine

Don’t count on a soft landing

Viewpoint

■ The eye-watering cost of British public debt

Big dividends from Big Oil • Lower oil prices have cut profits at oil giants BP and Shell, but shareholders will continue to enjoy cash gushers. Matthew Partridge reports

Uber finally makes its first profit

Will NatWest ditch Howard Davies?

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

An American view

IPO watch

Learning the wrong lessons • The Tories have concluded that a war on green policies is their best hope. Emily Hohler reports

Russia attacks threaten grain supplies

Betting on politics

Niger coup is a major blow • Russia will seek to expand its influence in Africa. Matthew Partridge reports

Trump gets a third indictment

News

The crisis in higher education • Rishi Sunak says he wants to crack down on rip-off degrees that produce no return for taxpayers. His soundbites will do nothing to solve the real problems in universities. Simon Wilson reports

The worst person for the job • Former US Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke personifies central-banking groupthink

City talk

The tide is turning for real estate • Investors in this investment trust will get paid to wait while demand for the sector returns

Activist watch

Short positions... Abrdn calls time on Gars

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

Elon Musk’s radical rebrand

Welfare has damaged society

Rewilding causes fires

Be nice to your firm’s techies

The backlash against net-zero begins • Green grandstanding is starting to grate, says Merryn Somerset Webb

The Midas touch created world trade • The gold the king left in a river led to the minting of coins and the advent of commerce, says Dominic Frisby

Investors should join the fiesta in Mexico • The country is a well-run, diversified emerging market, rich in resources and benefiting from the redrawing of the global trading system and ever closer ties to the US, says James McKeigue

What to buy now

What is “Consumer Duty”? • Financial firms face new requirements to treat their customers fairly

Bank account switches soar

Pocket money... HMRC targets Avios for VAT crackdown

Do you need a green loan? • Banks may not price them more cheaply than traditional financing

When does your firm need a CRM system?

Petty cash... free advice on cybersecurity

Top-quality small companies with big scope for long-term growth • A professional investor tells us where he’d put his money. This week: Dr Gareth Blades, analyst at Amati Global Investors, highlights three favourites

Alex

From fantasy flirt to global star • Barbie’s wholesome girl-next-door image belies her origins in post-war Germany. She also inspired a protracted and bitter feud at her manufacturer, toymaker Mattel. Jane Lewis reports

The best trades in history… Anthony Cross mines data

Three boutique stays...