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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...

Novel tax payment of the week

Good week for

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Chinese property spooks global markets

Xi’s crackdown spreads to Macau and Hong Kong

Rigged vote won’t rattle investors

Viewpoint

Iron-ore slump slams miners

Buffett indicator flashes red • Global market cap to global GDP (%)

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

An American view

IPO watch

City talk

Evergrande on shaky ground • The Chinese property developer has overexpanded and overborrowed, and is now close to bankruptcy. Will Beijing bail it out? Matthew Partridge reports

Can Chase catch the big retail banks?

Submarine deal makes waves • An Australia-UK-US defence pact will reshape geopolitics, but has alienated France. Emily Hohler reports

China dismantles Hong Kong institutions

Open for visits, not for trade • Biden ends travel ban, but still shuns UK trade deal. Matthew Partridge reports

Poland defies Brussels over coal mine

Betting on politics

News

The way we live now: rejecting the riff-raff

Britain’s looming energy crisis • Global natural gas prices have soared as resurgent demand collides with supply disruptions. The UK is especially vulnerable and could be heading for a very tough winter. Simon Wilson reports

Solving the semiconductor shortage • The EU’s plan to build a microchip ecosystem will fail, but the UK should take advantage of that

Who’s getting what

Nice work if you can get it

Beware corporate waffle • When top executives try to retreat behind impenetrable jargon, investors should be very sceptical

I wish I knew what the energy price cap was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask

Guru watch • Ron Baron, founder, Baron Capital Management

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

Degrowth is a deranged idea

Capitalism cuts consumption

Will suits stage a revival?

Scrap tax privileges for global quangos

Energy firms go bust • Don’t fret if your supplier fails, but be ready to get a cheaper deal

Earn less, save more • Rising national insurance rates make salary-sacrifice schemes more appealing

Older workers will pay more tax

Compensation claims for poor advice soar

Where to find companies involved in cutting-edge science • Universities are innovation incubators and often launch businesses involved in fast-growing fields ranging from biotechnology to artificial intelligence. Dr Mike Tubbs explains how to invest in their “spin-outs”

How you can profit from the beautiful game • Football clubs may often be money pits for oligarchs, but they are also huge global brands, says John Chambers – and investors are now starting to recognise their potential

A promising new chapter at RIT • The trust’s long-standing chairman stepped down in 2019, but the new team are doing very well

Activist watch

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