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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...

Not-so-intelligent AI is taking over

New bitcoin ETFs blow up a bubble

US inflation ticks up again

Uranium is starting to glow

A new dawn for Japan

Viewpoint

■ Housing affordability hits 148-year low

Record Christmas at M&S • The high-street stalwart is firing on both cylinders: clothing and food. But is it now likely to succumb to hubris? Matthew Partridge reports

Shein loses its shine

Burberry: not a good look

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

The Evening Standard’s 2024 Tips

Was it right to strike the Houthis? • The risk is of being drawn into a wider conflagration. Emily Hohler reports

Ructions roil Tory party over migrant bill

Taiwan votes against Beijing • Xi did not get his way in the presidential election. Matthew Partridge reports

North Korea flexes its muscles

Betting on politics

News

Will sea attacks crimp global trade? • Raising the cost of global shipping will have knock-on effects for the global economy – but just how bad will they be? Simon Wilson reports

New floats won’t lift London’s market • The stockmarket is slowly dying and needs to attract premium businesses to revive its reputation

City talk

Investing in optimism • Emerging markets have had a poor decade and there are many reasons to be nervous, but prices reflect that

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

Guru watch

The riches in the Middle Kingdom • China’s stockmarket is fraught with political and regulatory risk, but it cannot be ignored

Activist watch

Short positions... the era of star managers is over

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

How to escape the debt trap

In defence of billionaires

Jeeves moves into HR

The real boss in the EV market

Globalisation is not over yet • Political tensions cannot reverse the tide of underlying economic forces, says Alex Rankine

Britain stuck in the mud • The economic outlook is poor, but stocks are past the worst, says Max King

Prepare for a long boom in bitcoin • The US regulator has realised that the cryptocurrency is a legitimate investment, says Dominic Frisby

Keep a lid on energy costs • Consumers should bear in mind that the energy-price cap will fall in April

FCA launches car-loan probe

Pocket money... how children cut your cash flow

Should you borrow from Dad? • A fifth of start-ups use money from relatives to get off the ground

Onerous new rules for small firms

Petty cash... declare your eBay sales

It’s time to take a look at Lloyds • The bank is cheap, offers a juicy dividend yield, and is primed for growth

Three stocks to profit from the transition to sustainable global growth • A professional investor tells us where he’d put his money. This week: Simon Clements, co-manager of the Liontrust Sustainable Future Managed Fund

Alex

The tech bro taking on Father Time • The stresses and strains of being a technology entrepreneur led Bryan Johnson to an epiphany –...