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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 contributing editor...

Expect fireworks with new Fed chief

British property is no longer safe as houses

Where’s the big energy crisis?

A tale of two Asias

Viewpoint

■ SpaceX rockets into the history books

A manifold mess at BP • The abrupt departure of the chairman has triggered a personal and public showdown at the oil giant. Matthew Partridge reports

Akzo refuses a lick of paint

Are AI investors hallucinating?

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

Britain’s lost £125bn • What happens when you pay people not to work? Emily Hohler reports

The staggering cost of the conflict in Ukraine

War turns hot again in Iran

News

It’s time to rethink the minimum wage • The old consensus that wage floors destroy jobs was overthrown in the 1990s, and minimum wages have been with us ever since. The unintended consequences are starting to mount, says Simon Wilson

Raiders swoop on Britain • Buyout funds and activist investors spot opportunities. But do they really exist in our zero-growth, high-tax circumstances?

City talk

Don’t rush to reverse Thatcherism • Privatisation is working a lot better than is widely appreciated, says Max King

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

An earth-shaking supply squeeze • Helium, crucial to rocketry, AI chips and medicine, is becoming increasingly rare, says Nick Lawson

A broken market with a catalyst • Trade buyers and private equity are taking out undervalued UK real estate investment trusts

Activist watch

Short positions… Drax snaps up Bluefield “bargain”

A tale of two diverging cities • Venture capital is beating a path to King’s Cross, says Jeremy McKeown

The backbone of the defence sector • Defence spending is soaring and smaller companies are reaping the benefits, says Rupert Hargreaves

The appeal of the very dull • Software Circle buys firms that do boring but necessary things. It is well placed to thrive

A new wealth tax on the southeast • The mansion tax, which will be levied in the form of extra council tax, promises to be a fiddly mess

Pocket money... millions hit by frozen tax thresholds

Are you paying too much tax? • It is worth checking and challenging your business-rates bill

Get ready to go digital

Petty cash… get guidance on tax credits

British small caps: an unloved, overlooked sector awash with value • Indriatti van Hien (pictured, top left) and Cassie Herlihy, fund managers at the Henderson Smaller Companies investment trust, tell us where they’d put their money now

CLASSIC Alex

China’s touchscreen queen • Zhou Qunfei rose from humble beginnings to become one of the richest self-made women in China when she spotted an opportunity supplying Apple’s smartphones. Jane Lewis reports

Euan Blair eyes expansion in Europe

The epitome of Roman exuberance • Romeo Roma is a hotel that never ceases to delight the senses, says Matthew Partridge

Aston embraces its wild side • The new Aston Martin DB12 S is redder in tooth and claw than previous models

Wine of the week: a fine Chianti...