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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.

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Court battle of the week

Good week for:

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Central banks fall far behind the curve

Stockmarkets suffer pandemic relapse

Analysts are as clueless as ever

Viewpoint

The rally in raw materials

The dollar looks due a dip next year

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

A German view

IPO watch

City talk

Boohoo lives up to its name • The former favourite has gone out of fashion. Alex Rankine reports

The US stockmarket’s best bets for 2022 • Kiplinger’s Personal Finance chooses its top tips for next year

News

The way we live now: the latest in leather wear

Frankfurt

Tories turn on the PM • Pressure is mounting on Boris Johnson. The new year will bring no relief. Emily Hohler reports

China’s hit job against Lithuania

A coup, a civil war, a crisis and China • Myanmar was heading in the right direction after decades of isolation before the military seized control again in February. Now the outlook is increasingly grim. Simon Wilson reports

Five shocks for 2022 • Forget Covid-19 – it’s the unexpected twists that will rattle markets

Who’s getting what

Nice work if you can get it

Cheaper isn’t cheap enough • Value will probably beat growth in the years ahead, but that won’t necessarily mean high returns

I wish I knew what growth and value were, but I’m too embarrassed to ask

Guru watch • Francisco Garcia Paramés, founder and CEO, Cobas Asset Management

Bagging more bang for your buck • Short and leveraged trackers could help amplify your returns. But tread carefully

Activist watch

Short positions... Cathie Wood goes global

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

Trust is crucial to capitalism

Lockdowns fuel bitcoin boom

Victims of an algorithm

Don’t fall for fuss about nuclear waste

For the New Year, why not quit your job and go live in the forest? • The idea of adopting a simpler lifestyle free from social hierarchies and tiresome modern work appeals to many romantics – but there are some practical considerations, says Stuart Watkins

China’s economy runs out of road • There is no painless way for Beijing to deflate the debt bubble, says Edward Chancellor. The development miracle looks over

Go global to make great returns • The bullish outlook means investors should opt for investment trusts targeting the world’s great companies, says Max King

2021 was full of contradictions, so what will 2022 bring? • Inflation has risen – so why haven’t bond yields taken off? And is the equity market still the only game in town – or are investors deluded? John Stepek asks the experts their views on what’s been a very weird year

MoneyWeek’s Super Six • Our favourite investment trusts have rocketed in the past ten years, says Merryn Somerset Webb. We will stick with them

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