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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...

Napoleon takes on Amazon Prime

Indonesia’s underappreciated triumph

Buy European stocks to play China’s recovery

A chocolate crunch looms

Overlooked and undervalued

Viewpoint

A dismal decade for commodity producers

NatWest comes to market • The high-street lender has just announced its highest annual profit since 2007 and plans to issue shares to retail investors. Matthew Partridge reports

Centrica is cooking with gas

Two bidders fancy a Currys

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

An American view

IPO watch

Will Rishi’s recession get serious? • Britain is officially in recession. But are things already getting better? Emily Hohler reports

By-election defeats portend doom for Tories

The death of Alexei Navalny • The opposition to Putin has lost an influential voice. Matthew Partridge reports

Legal hounding of Trump boosts his support

Betting on politics

News

Chaos on the US border • The numbers attempting to cross the southern border to enter the United States have soared, and not just from the countries to the south. What’s going on? Simon Wilson reports

Tycoons call the top of the tech boom • Warren Buffett and Jeff Bezos have sold billions of their tech holdings. What are they thinking?

City talk

Bolster your exposure to the US • The range of trusts offering exposure to North America is limited, so Pershing is a core holding

Activist watch

Short positions... ETF investors exit China

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

A brief history of income taxes

The benefits of Brexit

Beat imposter syndrome

Will the state pension survive?

The companies working to control the future • Firms that devote a substantial proportion of their sales to research and development (R&D) can secure a vital and enduring edge over their rivals, says Dr Mike Tubbs

Finding a wealth manager • How do you go about hiring someone to do your investing for you? Tread carefully and be sure to read the small print. David Prosser provides a primer

No sign of a revival in UK market • London’s reputation as a financial centre needs restoring, says Max King

Be sure to beat inflation • There are now plenty of savings accounts offering a return in real terms

Pocket money... how to fight parking fines

Could a black box save you money?

Last call for Covid loans • Your company can apply for the Recovery Loan Scheme until 30 June

Petty cash... a record year for start-ups

Can you afford the living wage?

GM guns its motor • The carmaker has bounced back strongly from Covid and looks cheap

Trading techniques... ignore the Super Bowl

How my tips have fared

Three top tips in emerging markets that global investors have overlooked • A professional investor tells us where he’d put his money. This week: Chris Tennant, co-portfolio manager of Fidelity Emerging Markets Limited

Alex

The last of the Texas wildcatters • Autry Stephens sank his life savings into a single oil well he drilled in 1979....