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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-in-chief...

How to invest in an age of upheaval

How sustainable is China’s export boom?

Chinese bull needs a prod

Britain’s economy is now “thriving”

Viewpoint

France’s woes will not spread

■ Bear warning-sign flashes red

Bashing the banks again • The government is poised to raise taxes on lenders. Yet they are already struggling to compete with foreign rivals. Matthew Partridge reports

Gamma delays departure from London market

CoreWeave starts to unravel

France reaches boiling point • Protests have turned ugly and reveal a country adrift politically, fiscally and socially, says Emily Hohler

Is Putin’s long-term strategy paying off?

The way we live now... spending the children’s inheritance

News

What came after the Big Bang • Margaret Thatcher’s finance reforms introduced big changes that took place over a single weekend. The result was a world-class financial centre that endures to this day. Simon Wilson reports

France heads into a bond crisis • The country is drowning in debt and has no easy way out of it. Time to prepare for the bailout

City talk

A top sector to diversify from AI • Time to reduce the tech exposure in MoneyWeek’s ETF portfolio by introducing a new fund

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

A roller-coaster ride from SMT • The giant growth trust has rebounded from its 2022 slump and looks well-placed for further gains

Activist watch

Short positions… PHP set to pay down debt with GIC

What’s wrong with the UK stockmarket? • Successive governments have killed it. There’s no quick fix now, says Max King

Where to find value on the frontier • So-called “frontier” markets are experiencing a transformational shift and offer a safe haven for investors away from the risks associated with AI. Rupert Hargreaves reports

Profit from bus shelters • JCDecaux offers valuable exposure to global audiences

An interesting new float on Aim • Britain still produces great engineering companies. Investors should consider buying this one

IHT deadline draws near • More people are about to be drawn into the inheritance-tax net

Have you lost your savings pot?

News in brief... expect to work for longer

Three undervalued opportunities in the utilities and infrastructure sector • A professional investor tells us where he’d put his money. This week: Jean-Hugues de Lamaze, portfolio manager of the Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust

Alex

The alchemist who turns deals into gold • Stefano Pessina salvaged his family’s failing pharmacy and embarked on a whirlwind of activity that took him to the pinnacle of the business. The sale of Boots may be his final triumph, says Jane Lewis

The playboy who inherited an empire of mercenaries

A grand stay in the Cotswolds • Dumbleton Hall is a country house hotel with plenty of charm, says Oojal Dhanjal

The ultimate Urus • Lamborghini has made its popular SUV even better with the Urus SE Performante

Wine of the week: snap up this bargain Rhône from Aldi • Terre des Poètes, Vaucluse, Rhône, France...