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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...

The price of happiness

Can Europe escape a banking crisis?

A century of Swiss exceptionalism has ended

The natural gas bubble has burst

Central banks’ balancing act

Viewpoint

We are being squeezed until the pips squeak

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

A German view

IPO watch

Continuity candidate wins in Scotland • Humza Yousaf has taken over as first minister. He has not got off to a good start. Emily Hohler reports

Public are fed up with “our NHS”

Netanyahu backs down • The Israeli PM’s reforms proved just too radical. Matthew Partridge reports

German workers down tools over cost of living

Betting on politics

News

Britain’s sickness epidemic • More and more Britons are off work due to sickness or disability, and it’s not all about Covid. What has happened to make us so poorly? Simon Wilson reports

Fix the roof while the sun shines • We made it through the winter, but only just. We need to learn the lessons from a crisis narrowly avoided

City talk

Offices brace for bad news • Commercial Reits have tumbled this month over fears of a credit crunch – but the main risks are in the US

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

Guru watch

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

A new era for capitalism

Libertarian fantasy island

Forget the digital detox

The anti-green backlash begins

A recipe for mediocrity • F&C and Alliance Trust performed fairly well in 2022, but their approach is not compelling

Activist watch

Short positions... Reits begin to accept reality

Can Eastern Europe’s tiger economy keep roaring? • Poland has gone from rags to riches in one generation, while its equities remain cheap. But headwinds are gathering strength, and the next few decades could prove a struggle. Alex Rankine reports

What to buy now

New Alzheimer’s drugs will reboot the brain • Scientists have been tackling the most common form of dementia for years, but only recently have new treatments begun to show real promise. Dr Mike Tubbs explains what this means for investors

Blight of the bond bubble blow-up • The damage wrought by foolish overinvestment in fixed-income is becoming clear, says Max King

Passport postponements • Strikes at passport offices are complicating holiday arrangements

Pocket money... severe inflation at Tesco

Fixed energy deals return

New limits on tax relief • The latest tweak to capital allowances has complicated matters further

Petty cash... don’t cut insurance cover

How to conquer the cyber criminals

Where to find the best biotechnology stocks to boost your portfolio • Ailsa Craig and Marek Poszepczynski, joint lead investment managers of the International Biotechnology Trust (IBT), highlight three of their favourites

Alex

Turkey’s Gandhi leads a revolt • A bookish, mild-mannered economist has emerged as the main rival to the country’s “populist sultan”, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Can he translate his appeal into votes? Jane Lewis reports

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