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-in-chief...

American stocks shrug off uncertainty

The return to a de facto gold standard

Why it’s tin’s time to shine

Rising risk in Japanese debt

Viewpoint

■ The “Korea discount” is dwindling fast KOSPI Share price index

A row at Ryanair • A disagreement over Starlink internet has led to a slanging match between Elon Musk and Michael O’ Leary. Matthew Partridge reports

A punchy premium for a stake in Puma

A better outlook for Spire?

The middle powers are on the menu • Smaller states are in a rush to react to Donald Trump. A calmer approach is needed, says Emily Hohler

Xi’s purges prepare ground for fourth term

News

The enshittification of the internet • Why do the digital technologies that have so transformed our lives start out as useful tools but then gradually get worse and worse? There is a reason. But is there a way out? Simon Wilson reports

A style that’s out of fashion • Star managers are at the mercy of wider market trends, as these two high-profile examples show

I wish I knew what an index fund was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask

Guru watch • Terry Smith, founder, Fundsmith

Rediscovering the Laffer curve • If you keep raising taxes, at some point you start to bring in less revenue. Britain has shown the way

City talk

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

The art of the deal revisited

The great university con

Newton’s laws of money

Should we ban the rich?

The scramble for profits at the final frontier • Private firms and reusable technology have made it cheaper than ever to head out into space. That has sparked something of a gold rush in related industries. Matthew Partridge reports

Will silver’s record streak continue? • History counsels caution after a huge rise. Yet the outlook remains bullish, says ByteTree’s Charlie Morris

Saba’s gift to investors • The activist hedge fund isn’t popular, but it has ignited a new age of shareholder engagement

Activist watch

Short positions… Workspace swaps CEO as Saba lurks

Invest in financial plumbing • Beeks Financial Cloud has carved out a lucrative global niche with smart strategies

Time to switch strategy? • Changes in the way that we tend to take our pensions have consequences

Avoid these two tax traps

News in brief… are you saving enough?

Sell now, profit later • Affirm, a buy-now-pay-later lender, is vulnerable to a downturn

Betting on politics... Reform to fall short

How my tips have fared

Cash in on capital growth and income with companies’ competitive edge • A professional investor tells us where he’d put his money. This week: Imran Sattar, portfolio manager, Edinburgh Investment Trust, selects three favourites

Alex

Long live Dollyism! • The canny country-music singer has a good brain for business, plus a talent for avoiding politics and navigating the culture wars. We could do worse than follow her example, says Jane Lewis

The shifting shape of Davos Man

Wine of the week: a white-knuckle ride of a riesling

The art fair for beginners • Chris...