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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-in-chief...

Richard Tice’s “good old college try”

How bad will the oil shock get?

The squeeze on Asia begins

Traders expect a short oil crisis

Viewpoint

Is it 2008 all over again?

■ We can’t afford yet another state handout

Cockroach alert in credit • Ructions in the market for private lending are unnerving investors. What is going on? Is it 2008 all over again? Matthew Partridge reports

Gulf war hampers housebuilders

Meta feels urge to purge staff

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

A German view

IPO watch

Will the Middle East war get hotter? • The US wants to win, Iran is trying to escalate and other countries are being drawn in. How could it not?

Cheap Russian energy tempts waverers

The way we live now... adolescent insecurities in the age of social media

News

The Cyprus embarrassment • Britain’s failure to deploy any naval force to defend its bases in the Mediterranean is a reflection of the sorry state of our armed forces, and the navy in particular. What went wrong? Simon Wilson reports

UK banks should head to Europe • The continent’s financial institutions are consolidating – and British lenders should scoop some up

City talk

A world primed for inflation • Volatile oil prices are an unwelcome shock for a global economy where the underlying bias is clear

I wish I knew what a bond yield was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask

Guru watch

Seraphim achieves lift-off • This venture trust has graduated from a speculative investment to a more mature growth-stage holding, says Rupert Hargreaves

Short positions… NESF cuts dividend

Activist watch

How dull utilities became exciting growth stocks • The economy is undergoing structural upheaval and governments and utilities are having to change in response. There is an opportunity here for smart investors, says Jamie Ward

We need a change in the investment culture • Too many people see investing as a casino. The City regulator is hoping to change that. Max King reports

Buy materials to profit from AI • Four commodities will power the new Industrial Revolution, says Nick Lawson

The way out of the energy crisis

The “Preston model” revisited

Hollywood’s capitalist turn

We won’t eat bugs after all

Squeezing our students • Loan repayments are now more onerous, but you can claw money back

Pocket money... donations to charity are dwindling

Iran war boosts mortgage rates

Overlooked opportunities across the breadth of Britain’s stockmarket • A professional investor tells us where he’d put his money. This week: Alex Wright, portfolio manager, Fidelity Special Values, selects three favourites

CLASSIC Alex PEATTIE + TAYLOR

China’s fraudulent cryptoqueen • Qian Zhimin is an unscrupulous fantasist who made billions from a bitcoin-related pyramid scheme. The law finally caught up with her after years on the run. Jane Lewis reports

The Malthusian left’s prophet of doom

Splendours of spring • From rhubarb grown in Scotland to fresh Jersey royals

BMW raises the...