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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 executive editor...

Let-off of the week

Good week for

Bad week for

Russia sanctions may harm the dollar

Markets are rattled, but resilient

The IPO boom is drying up

Viewpoint

Weak yen should buoy Japan

Britain’s export slump

Twitter soars as Musk buys • Twitter’s share price rose by 27% after Elon Musk became its largest shareholder – then promptly joined the board. Matthew Partridge reports

Starbucks ditches share buybacks

City talk

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

An Australian view

IPO watch

Russia squeezed by new sanctions • News of atrocities in Ukraine has spurred the West to further action. Emily Hohler reports

China seeks strategic chokepoint

Orbán’s crushing victory • Hungary’s illiberal populist has won a fourth term, giving the EU a headache. Stuart Watkins reports

Carrie Lam’s shameful legacy in Hong Kong

News

The way we live now... yes, in my back yard

The return of the unions • Inflation is hotting up, leading workers to demand wage rises to compensate. Union membership is on the rise again. Will this spark a wage-price spiral? Stuart Watkins reports

Don’t jump on the Spac bandwagon • They were always a waste of money, and that reality is dawning. It would be mad to join the party now

Who’s getting what

Nice work if you can get it

Redeeming gold miners • In the 2000s gold bull market, gold miners underperformed the metal badly. So is there any point in owning them? Dominic Frisby makes the case

Guru watch • Jim Rogers, author and chairman of Beeland Interests

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

Sci-fi helps build a better future

Bitcoin strengthens the state

The Great Rehiring

The power of the will

Nine intriguing new ETFs • New launches of traditional funds are in short supply, but the ETF market keeps growing

Activist watch

Short positions... beware thematic funds

UBI – the impossible dream becomes a reality • Universal basic income, the idea that everyone should be paid a liveable income by the state, no strings attached, was once for the birds. Now it seems it’s on the brink of being rolled out, says Stuart Watkins

Insurers embrace new technology • Challenger firms are helping to change the industry, but incumbents will take the rewards, says John Chambers

Funeral plans in chaos • Funerals are costly, but pre-paid plans have not been a reliable way to prepare for them. Set up your own savings instead

Pocket money... wave goodbye to old notes

Keep cyberattacks at bay • Almost half of small businesses were targeted by hackers last year

Time to make your VAT digital

Petty cash... R&D allowances at risk

ABF is a store of value • This one-time FTSE 100 favourite has been through some tough times, but the future is looking much brighter and the...