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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 money in bringing back the moa

Regime change boosts cryptocurrencies

Korea’s stock boom will endure

Japan struggles with its debt

Trump spoils Europe’s party

Viewpoint

■ The Magnificent Seven skew the market

Nvidia: on top of the world • The semiconductor maker has become the biggest company in global stockmarket history. Can its run continue? Matthew Partridge reports

Warren Buffett ends bet on baked beans

Cracks in Vistry’s foundations

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

An American view

IPO watch

A new deal for Ukraine • Trump’s U-turn is good news for Ukraine’s war effort. Emily Hohler reports

Israeli government teeters on edge of collapse

South Africa begins corruption probe

News

The global boom in defence spending • Will soaring expenditure on defence be a boon for the economy? That’s what politicians are telling voters. But is it really the case? Simon Wilson reports

Reeves gets a win at last • The FTSE 100 index of leading shares has broken through 9,000 for the first time. That’s not as impressive as it appears…

City talk

Swimming in oil once more • Supply gluts and weak demand are weighing on crude, but prices look low enough to curb shale growth

I wish I knew what a stock split was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask

Guru watch

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

Britain’s failing governing class

Ideology trumps economics

The dawn of the post-human

Should we fear the AI revolution?

No profits to harvest in farming • A rural idyll may look appealing, but it is extremely difficult to make money in agriculture, says Max King

Britain’s fallen stars: a second chance for quality stocks • When inflation and interest rates ticked upwards in the wake of Covid, the investment environment changed and share prices collapsed. That creates opportunity for smart investors, says Jamie Ward

A fund to protect your wealth • Personal Assets Trust aims to shelter its shareholders’ assets from volatile markets

Activist watch

Short positions... Worldwide Healthcare revolt grows

Just Group has the wind behind it • The retirement-products provider is well placed to profit from a growing annuity market

It’s time to stop the dash for cash • Scrap cash Isas and set up a Brit Isa for stocks, says Merryn Somerset Webb

Top global stocks offering rising income and lasting long-term growth • A professional investor tells us where she’d put her money. This week: Samantha Fitzpatrick, co-manager of the Murray International Trust, selects three favourites

CLASSIC Alex

AI wunderkind takes his seat at Meta • Alexandr Wang became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire by exploiting a niche in the booming AI market. Now Mark Zuckerberg has poached him for a record sum. Jane Lewis reports

Malaysia’s political dynamo still going strong at 100

Athens in the frame • The NEW Hotel’s vibrant decor makes for an artistic stay in the old city, says Maryam Cockar

A marvellous Maeving • The British-made Maeving...