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Forced sellers of the week
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The bond bloodbath isn’t over
Food and fuel subsidies will push up debt
Seeking greater safety in staples
Viewpoint
Indonesia aims to step up
US and Chinese bond yields • Ten-year government bond, yield to maturity
Elon Musk buys Twitter • Elon Musk looks set to take over social-media website Twitter. But is anyone getting a good deal? Matthew Partridge reports
Netflix U-turn on ads make sense
City talk
MoneyWeek’s comprehensive guide to this week’s share tips
An American view
IPO watch
Putin reaches for the gas pipes • As long predicted, it looks as if Russia will weaponise European gas supplies. Emily Hohler reports
China doubles down on zero-Covid
Macron retains the Élysée • The French president sees off a far-right challenge. Matthew Partridge reports
Sri Lanka’s debt meltdown
Betting on politics
News
The way we live now... the AI threat to actors’ livelihoods
The emerging-markets debt crisis • Slowing global growth, surging inflation and rising interest rates are squeezing emerging economies harder than most. Are we on the brink of a major catastrophe? Simon Wilson reports
Why tech will pump up inflation • New technologies make it easier to sneak through price rises without anyone really noticing
Who’s getting what
Nice work if you can get it
Learn from your mistakes • Bill Ackman lost $400m on Netflix – but investors can learn a lot from how he handled the investment
I wish I knew what leverage was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask
Guru watch
Best of the financial columnists
Money talks
How did we all get so stupid?
Learning to live with inflation
Teacher, leave those kids alone
China’s model lockdown
This software specialist is still cheap • HgCapital Trust’s portfolio looks expensive, but its strong record should reassure investors
Activist watch
Short positions... investing on the frontier
Why France’s Jupiter has been a flashy failure • Emmanuel Macron won a convincing victory in last Sunday’s presidential election. But he has no clear vision for arresting the country’s decline, says Frédéric Guirinec
The best of the CAC 40 and beyond
The truth about false markets • Free, fair and transparent markets are a fiction. Investors need to be alert to the flaws, says Jonathan Compton
Cut the cost of travel insurance • If you’re heading abroad for the first time in two years, expect to be shocked by insurance prices
Pocket money... borrow ’til you’re 75
Locked out by HMRC
Make investing a Dodl • AJ Bell’s new service is cheap, although a wider range would be welcome
Sharia shortage lets down savers
News in brief... caught out by allowances
From pizzas to plumbing and...