MoneyWeek

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...

China’s stockmarket shows signs of life

Singapore’s stocks offer a juicy yield

US housing in the doldrums

Bulls are too exuberant

Viewpoint

■ The most overvalued stock of all time?

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

A German view

IPO watch

Lies, damned lies and statistics • The data investors have relied on for decades is no longer fit for purpose, says Helen Thomas

News

The crisis in higher education • The UK’s universities are running out of cash and have begun to shed staff; bankruptcies look likely. What’s gone wrong, and what should be done about it? Simon Wilson reports

Kodak’s lesson for the tech giants • The long decline of this once-dominant company shows why no business is safe from disruption

City talk

Euro banks bounce back • This sector was part casualty and part cause of Europe’s lost decade. Now it’s clearly turned the corner

I wish I knew what standard deviation was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask

Guru watch • David Rosenberg, founder, Rosenberg Research

Time to force people to vote

Produce, don’t just consume

AI won’t take your job – yet

What the left gets wrong

Strong returns from unloved stocks • This unique trust has a value-focused strategy that is doing well despite the weak UK economy

Activist watch

Short positions... Fidelity Japan agrees to AVI merger

Why we like investment companies • They offer benefits other forms of fund cannot match, says Rupert Hargreaves

Strong growth at a bargain price • Developing countries offer access to some of the world’s most compelling investment themes, says Alex Rankine

Dealing with a dangerous world • Multi-asset trusts help navigate global uncertainty, says Rupert Hargreaves

Finding value in global markets • Equities beyond America’s pricey market are bargains, says Rupert Hargreaves

The assault on central banks • Their independence will be taken away by governments, says Jeremy McKeown

Think small to find the best banks • Bankers love to build bloated global empires, but that rarely rewards their investors, says Bruce Packard

Self-employed? Save now • Britons without a boss have neglected to build up their retirement fund

Don’t spend savings too soon

News in brief... IHT net tightens further

The profits in organising offices • Automatic Data Processing provides software for the management of human resources

Steady growth and rising income

Small companies with big potential • A professional investor tells us where he’d put his money. This week: Nish Patel, portfolio manager of The Global Smaller Companies Trust, picks three favourites

CLASSIC Alex

The king of crypto Lunatics • South Korean entrepreneur Do Kwon, who used to call critics cockroaches, faces a long spell in jail after pleading guilty to fraud relating to the collapse of two digital coins. Jane Lewis reports

Spurs’ “jewel” heads to America in record deal

A great stay on gorgeous Grenada • Kalpana Fitzpatrick explores the hotels, activities and the cuisine of the...