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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 editor-in-chief...

The web will eat itself

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Investors ignore the danger of inflation

The bitcoin bust looks to be over – for now

Will diamonds keep shining?

Viewpoint

New hope in South Africa

A history of unaffordable houses • House prices as a multiple of average earnings

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

A German view

IPO watch

City talk

Shell’s fast track to the future • The oil major has had to accelerate plans to go green, and may now ditch highly profitable assets in America. Matthew Partridge reports

China’s Uber arrives in New York

The forever lockdown continues • Three weeks to save the NHS has now been extended to 69 weeks and counting. Emily Hohler reports

Tensions flare over Northern Ireland

A first step for Global Britain • The UK has struck its first new trade deal since Brexit. Matthew Partridge reports

Ceasefire called in 17-year EU-US trade war

Betting on politics

News

The way we live now: dogs hit the high street

Rickety internet needs an upgrade • The World Wide Web is an increasingly essential part of international infrastructure. Recent events have shown that it is also vulnerable to collapse. Simon Wilson reports

Virus support measures need to change • Three ways for the government to help the economy get through lockdown extra time

Who’s getting what

Nice work if you can get it

Is a wave of zombies coming? • Zombie companies have been an ever-growing problem. The Covid-19 aftermath could see numbers soar

I wish I knew what a zombie company was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask

Guru watch

Investors can bank on financials • Banks, though not British ones, look set for a strong rebound, making this trust worth researching

Activist watch

Short positions... don’t overlook Asian income funds

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

Britain’s jobs boom

Fascism isn’t coming

Bullsh*t jobs thesis is BS

The rise of the circular economy

How the building blocks of the body will revolutionise medicine • Stem cells have always been tomorrow’s technology. But it looks as though their time has finally come – and they will transform the treatment of disease and drug development, says Matthew Partridge

The best bets in the sector

AMC: straight to DVD • The US cinema chain is the latest meme stock and is now absurdly overvalued

Trading techniques... contracts for difference

How my tips have fared

The stamp-duty holiday frenzy • Buyers are rushing to complete by 30 June

Stop living in fear of the LTA • Breaching the lifetime allowance for pension savings can be expensive. How can you cut the cost?

Government under pressure on state pensions

Grab a piece of art – or music • Fractional ownership allows you to buy shares...