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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...

Christmas Charity Appeal

Brace for a European relief rally in 2025

South Africa’s Christmas miracle

Are we heading for a debt crisis?

The Korea discount abides

Viewpoint

■ Trump’s tariffs are a return to the historical norm

Royal Mail heads overseas • A Czech billionaire now owns the British postal service. Will the group continue to struggle? Matthew Partridge reports

A glimmer of hope for London’s IPOs

Expect mergers in US media

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

A German view

IPO watch

France gets a new PM • Political veteran François Bayrou has a mountain to climb. Emily Hohler reports

Germany heads back to the polls

Two new free-trade deals born

News

Why is the US pulling ahead? • America is trouncing comparable rich-world countries economically, enjoying higher growth and productivity. What is it doing so right? Simon Wilson reports

Britain is heading into recession • The disaster is all of the government’s own making.

City talk

Reits are still out of favour • The dividend yield on this long-term property proxy suggests UK Reits offer unusually attractive value

I wish I knew what enterprise value was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask

Guru watch

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

Can WhatsApp make money?

Digital ID is nothing to fear

The anti-woke economy

What Hayek still has to teach us

Baillie Gifford’s Trump bump • The manager’s funds have gained from Elon Musk’s relationship with the US president-elect

Activist watch

Short positions... fairer fees on Greencoat UK Wind

Tap into Vietnam’s vim and velocity • Thuy Anh Nguyen, director of Dragon Capital, explains to Andrew Van Sickle why the outlook remains compelling

How buy-and-build stocks deliver strong returns • Bunzl, DCC and Diploma became hugely successful by rolling up dozens of unglamorous businesses. Jamie Ward looks at the secrets of their success and picks two stocks that could repeat the same trick

How the buy-and-build stocks stack up today

Natural gas will give your portfolio a lift • Few investors have noticed, but the commodity has embarked on a bull run, says Dominic Frisby

Ourw riters give their tips • Invest in Canada and US small caps, and snap up a cosmetics company and a Hungarian telecoms outfit

Beware inflation in Trump’s second term • The incoming administration will continue the Biden government’s protectionist and fiscally loose economic policies, while the Middle East looks more dangerous than ever, says Philip Pilkington

There is still juice in battery metals • Despite recent weakness, the materials powering electric vehicles are worth a look, says David J. Stevenson

Solar investors left in the dark • This trust’s steep discount reflects doubts about high debts and the sustainability of its dividend

Maximise your savings • Take these simple steps to make the most of your retirement money

How to suss out the best Sipp

News in brief... data breaches on the rise

A stellar Singaporean...