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Pay-off of the week

Bond wobbles ripple across the Atlantic

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Hong Kong takes a fresh hit

Asean bucks the downturn

Viewpoint

The online shopping boom falters • Share of US retail sales generated online

Ashley takes a bite of Asos • Retail billionaire Mike Ashley has built a larger stake in the struggling online retailer through Frasers Group. Matthew Partridge reports

Double trouble at HSBC

Mixed signals at American Express

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

A German view

IPO watch

No. 10’s latest new broom • Conservative MPs have backed Sunak. Will voters? Matthew Partridge reports

Italy’s lurch to the right

Betting on politics

News

Are Facebook’s days numbered? • The social-media giant, now called Meta as it tries to branch out into virtual worlds, is foundering. Does this mark the beginning of a slide into irrelevance? Simon Wilson reports

Sunak needs a plan for growth • Balancing the books and steadying the ship will not be enough. Voters will demand something more

City talk

Aston’s warning signals • Investors who focused on intangible assets would have steered clear of this very poor initial public offering

I wish I knew what intangible assets were, but I’m too embarrassed to ask

Guru watch

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

Growth is the only way out

Britain should look to Taiwan

Why Westeros stays the same

Don’t believe all the gloom

Xi’s grip on China should worry investors • China’s party congress confirmed that paramount leader Xi Jinping will stay in power indefinitely. His vision for state control is unlikely to turn the slowing economy around, says Cris Sholto Heaton

Foreigners rush for the exit

Emerging markets are a strong buy • Valuations look compelling, while the economic and political fundamentals have improved, says Max King

The benefits of the bond crash • Debt’s long overdue repricing should have positive effects, says Max King

Should you fix or float? • For the first time in years, both types of mortgage are an option

The twists and turns in NI rates

Pocket money... Amazon enters the insurance market

Britain’s pension backstop • The Pension Protection Fund steps in when defined-benefit schemes fail

A nasty shock for gilt funds

News in brief... annuities at 13-year high

Top-quality British stocks at sensible valuations • A professional investor tells us where he’d put his money. Jonathan Brown, Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Trust, picks three growth plays

If only you’d invested in…

Be glad you didn’t buy…

Alex

Quiet adventures in cryptoland • Alan Howard of Brevan Howard Asset Management has spent the past five years building a considerable...