MoneyWeek

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...

A bad year for received wisdom • The pundits came in for many shocks in 2025, says Max King. Here is what they should learn from them

The European stockmarket exodus • More firms will switch their main listing to New York, says Aimee Donnellan

A mining mega-merger? • A year after Glencore and Rio Tinto last held talks, discussions have resumed. Will they make a deal this time? Matthew Partridge reports

Going shopping with AI and Google

Doubling down on defence stocks

Rage against the regime in Iran • But can popular anger lead to a positive political outcome this time? Emily Hohler reports

Farmers revolt against vast new free-trade zone

News

The state of Iran’s economy • The country has long been mired in crisis. Do the protests show a way out? Simon Wilson reports

Brace for Trump’s great inflation • The US president’s actions will stoke rising prices. Investors would do well to prepare for the worst

City talk

No need for big changes • Our ETF portfolio had a solid year in 2025 and looks well placed for what the next 12 months may bring

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

Guru watch

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

Chavismo’s useful idiots

The limits of prediction markets

How to feel better at work

We’re grinning into the abyss

A tax-efficient way to grow your wealth • Record sums are pouring into forestry funds. It makes sense to join the rush, says David Prosser

Reeves’ U-turn is more good news

The key to GDP growth • Nobel laureate Philippe Aghion explains to Matthew Partridge that competition is the key to innovation, productivity and growth – and what this implies for Europe and Britain

A solid year for our portfolio • Scottish Mortgage and Law Debenture have been star performers with very different strategies

Activist watch

Short positions... Aberdeen income trusts to merge

A promising stock for income-seekers

The profits in pest control • Rentokil Initial is set for global expansion and offers strong sales growth

Betting on politics... the UK election

How my tips have fared

How to deal with divorce • What does splitting from your spouse or civil partner mean for your money?

What’s mine isn’t yours: pre-marital assets

How to boost your savings • Plough spare money into your pension and take advantage of tax relief

A big shake-up in advice rules

News in brief… act now on salary sacrifice

Tap income and capital growth in private and public markets worldwide • A professional investor tells us where he’d put his money. This week: Adam Norris, co-portfolio manager, CT Global Managed Portfolio Trust, selects three favourites

Alex

Hollywood’s anti-hero dealmaker • Warner Bros’ boss David Zaslav is embroiled in a fight over the future of the studio that he took control of in 2022. There are many plot twists yet to come. Jane Lewis reports

The tsarina walks a tightrope in Venezuela

Wine of the week: dive into a pair of fascinating wines

Rosewood’s rural idyll in Tuscany...