MoneyWeek

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...

Saddled with costly tickets

Europe seeks to close the wealth gap

Opec+ turns on the oil taps

Always reinvest your dividends

Viewpoint

US stocks’ rapid recovery

■ The City’s slow-motion crisis

Technology hits turbulence • Some of the Magnificent Seven have dealt with the turmoil triggered by Donald Trump’s first term better than others. Matthew Partridge reports

A monster merger in the oil sector?

NatWest resilient – for now

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

A German view

IPO watch

Britain’s lurch to the far-left • Voters have flocked to Reform’s leftist platform. Emily Hohler reports

India and Pakistan edge closer to war

The Trump backlash continues

News

The way we live now... the sommeliers turning wine into water

What caused the Iberian blackout? • The electricity supply collapsed in Spain and Portugal last week, causing chaos on transport networks and leaving people without power for hours. What went wrong? Simon Wilson reports

Who will be the next Warren Buffett? • There won’t be one. Times have changed and the opportunities are no longer there

City talk

Time to reconsider China • The market is cheap and there are clear signs of improvement, regardless of long-term concerns

I wish I knew what emerging markets were, but I’m too embarrassed to ask

Guru watch

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

The libertarians were right

AI will not save us

The Simpsons indicator

Tariffs are a boon for lobbyists

Ignore the gloom: US stocks are a buy • The consensus says the age of American exceptionalism is over. But that is not the way to bet, says Max King

Look past the short term in Asia • Growth should remain strong, but successful managers also need to focus on governance

Activist watch

Short positions... Saba set for victory with Middlefield

The strange world of quantum computing • Modern computers may come to seem like plodding calculators in comparison with the machines of the future if we can harness the potential in the weird universe of quantum physics. Chris Carter reports

A rare retail gem in a battered sector • Frasers Group is shunned for a reason, but brave investors should buy in now, says Jamie Ward

Cash in on your attic • Items you may have dismissed as junk could prove surprisingly lucrative

The rush to bed-and-Isa

Pocket money... the cost of taking a term-time holiday

No risk, no reward • Your pension portfolio’s asset allocation is likely to be too conservative

Consolidate your pension plans

Petty cash… annuity rates set to slide

Growth trends such as low-carbon grids and AI boost key infrastructure • A professional investor tells us where he’d put his money. This week, Richard Sem, partner, head of Europe, portfolio manager, Pantheon Infrastructure

Alex

Warren Buffett’s heir takes the throne • Greg Abel is considered a safe pair of hands as he takes centre stage at Berkshire Hathaway. But he arrives after one of the hardest acts...