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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...

King Copper’s reign will continue

The big risk for 2026 is inflation

Metals and AI power emerging markets

Viewpoint

■ A rare average year for US equities • Distribution of one-year S&P 500 total returns Percentage of returns in each category, 1950-2024

Does Oracle foretell gloom? • The group’s ambition to continue building AI infrastructure quickly and expensively has started to unnerve investors. Matthew Partridge reports

The Roomba: a first-mover flop

Crypto group eyes up Juventus

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

A German view

IPO watch

One country, one system • Developments in Hong Kong are signs of the new reality. Emily Hohler reports

Political rupture at a difficult time for Thailand

Chile lurches to the right

News

The return of magical thinking • Monetary cranks are back in fashion again. How worried should we be? Simon Wilson reports

The coming collapse in the jobs market

City talk

A change in leadership • US stocks trailed the rest of the world in 2025. Is this a sign that a long overdue shift is underway?

I wish I knew what a p/e ratio was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask

Guru watch • Jeff Currie, chief strategy officer of energy pathways, Carlyle

A reckoning for unnecessary trusts • Funds that don’t use their structural advantages will find it increasingly hard to survive

Activist watch

Short positions... LondonMetric eyes another target

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

How to spot a monopoly

Don’t sit out the AI revolution

Turn back the clock in 2026

Wealth inequality is not a problem

A superlative British manufacturer • This veteran engineering group has created a new profit engine

A leader in marine technology • SRT Marine Systems is thriving and has a bulging order book

How the firm has fared

Where investors should put their money now • Our contributors’ tips for 2026 include obesity drugs; a risky miner; central Europe; a Japanese haircare firm; a digital-infrastructure fund – and one of the magazine’s favourite equity-income trusts

The steady rise of the stablecoin • Innovations in cryptocurrency have created a new form of money. The Trump administration is an enthusiastic supporter, but it’s not yet clear what benefits they really offer, says Bruce Packard

Markets have a mountain to climb: opt for resilience, growth and value • A professional investor tells us where he’d put his money. This week: Julian Wheeler, Partner and US equity specialist, Shard Capital, highlights three favourites

Alex

The ballerina who made a billion • Luana Lopes Lara trained at the Bolshoi, but hung up her ballet shoes when she had the idea of setting up a business in the prediction markets. That move paid off handsomely, says Jane Lewis

A consumer-goods upstart with a flair for marketing

Lights, camera, action! • The Northern Lights are the most spectacular they’ve been in years. Here’s where to see them

Wine of the week: a carefree wine to toast the New Year

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