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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.

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A bear market in billionaires

Japanese stocks roar to 33-year highs

Greece has become a growth champion

Asia’s new top financial centre

Lithium is the new white gold

Viewpoint

■ Europe shrugs off the energy crisis

Beijing bites chipmaker • China has decreed that local firms may no longer buy semiconductors from America’s Micron. What next for the sector? Matthew Partridge reports

Royal Mail fails to deliver again

Facebook’s record fine for data breach

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

A German view

IPO watch

Immigration: an unlikely success • A surge in new arrivals is not a sign that Britain has lost control of its borders. Emily Hohler reports

Britain’s sickness benefits crisis

Greek ruling party wins big • Another election is likely to follow in the summer. Matthew Partridge reports

Russia’s costly offensive in Ukraine

Betting on politics

News

US dances on the debt ceiling • The US has reached its self-imposed borrowing limit, and the administration and Congress need to reach a deal to lift it to avert a default. If they can’t, markets will swoon. Simon Wilson reports

The public is being fed porkies • Food inflation is widely blamed on global factors. But in truth it is the result of poor policies in the UK

City talk

Private equity’s new era • Rising debt costs and falling valuations mean buyout funds will struggle to match past returns

I wish I knew what a PEG ratio was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask

Guru watch • Richard Buxton, investment manager, Jupiter Asset Management

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

Don’t fear electric vehicles

Nimbys, leave migrants alone

How not to take on touts

We are scaring away global tech

How to invest in medical innovation • Increasingly rapid progress in drugs and healthcare technology makes these trusts top tips, says Max King

There is plenty of potential in palladium • This silvery-white metal is often overlooked, not least because the market is small. But while prices have slid recently, demand is rising and supply can be unreliable. Dominic Frisby assesses the outlook

Where do we go from here? • In the first of a new series of interviews, Andrew Van Sickle talks to Bill Dinning, chief investment officer of Waverton Investment Management, to assess the outlook for the global economy and markets

Our mobiles have driven us mad • Widening political divisions and the coarsening of public life have a clear cause, says Stuart Watkins

Seven winners and losers in the leisure sector • It’s been a wild three years for hospitality, but crisis creates opportunities, says Michael Taylor of Shifting Shares

How to invest in the impetus for innovation • Companies that raise expenditure on research and development (R&D) during downturns reap the benefits when the recovery comes, says Dr. Mike Tubbs – and their shares tend to rise too

Snap up high savings rates • The base rate will rise further, but the peak is probably in sight

Nationwide’s £100 payout

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