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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...

A fight over flight

Should you sell in May this year? • The market adage looks unlikely to apply in 2024, says Max King. Global equities are proving resilient

Oil comes off the boil

The shrinking stockmarket

Viewpoint

■ Strong sterling flatters the FTSE 100

Music stops at Hipgnosis • The music-royalties trust is ripe for takeover, with two firms keen to scoop it up. Its business model is no longer on song, however. Matthew Partridge reports

Will Ocado cross the pond?

Netflix shrugs off sector’s struggle

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

An American view

IPO watch

Why is Britain on the sick? • The prime minister is setting out to tackle “sick-note culture”. Emily Hohler reports

Sunak hikes the defence budget

US grants aid to Ukraine • The much-needed cash arrives after a long delay. Matthew Partridge reports

India goes to the polls

Betting on politics

News

Why are our elites so gouty? • We seem increasingly to be ruled by the elderly. Does that matter? Simon Wilson reports

We need to believe in growth again • Britain is getting poorer in real terms, and that’s a big deal. Policymakers must change their tune and act

City talk

Going all-in on big tech • However you slice the market, the strategies that have been winning mostly rely on a few big names

I wish I knew what the Magnificent Seven were, but I’m too embarrassed to ask

Guru watch

A double discount on British stocks • Both investment trusts and UK equities are undervalued, making this fund a top tip

Activist watch

Short positions... exodus from the UK gathers pace

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

Insights from the Austrian school

Britain should learn from Greece

Dune is a prophecy

A wonder of the modern world

The vegan food fad is over... • ...but does laboratory-grown meat have a brighter future? Alex Rankine reports

Reading the runes in the retail sector • Investors often dismiss the industry as staid and dull, yet there are plenty of opportunities. Michael Taylor of Shifting Shares assesses the key names in the small-cap and blue-chip segments

Fortified by the flight to safety • British defence group Chemring’s offering ranges from chemical detection to missile defence

A mid cap maintaining momentum

Cut car-insurance costs • Premiums have rocketed in recent years. Here’s how to reduce yours

The balance-transfer boom

Pocket money... early-bird Isa investors’ juicy worms

The best of both worlds • Fixed-term annuities can be an appealing third option for retirees

The benefits of salary sacrifice

News in brief... the cost of retiring abroad

Cash in on chips with companies harnessing the future of technology • A professional investor tells us where he would put his money. This week: Matthew Page, fund manager, Guinness Global Innovators Fund, highlights his favourites

Alex

The wolf in cashmere • Bernard Arnault is the world’s richest man and leads a luxury-goods conglomerate, LVMH,...