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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.

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Oil prices remain remarkably muted…

… as the real shock emerges in gas

House prices head to new high

The flight to the world of stuff

Viewpoint

■ Opec eclipsed by shale

Diageo disappoints again • A lower dividend and the prospect of price cuts have hit shares in drinks giant Diageo. This recovery will be a long slog. Matthew Partridge reports

Toyota shows Japan Inc. is coming of age

Jubilation to fatigue at Nvidia

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

Trump’s high-risk gamble • The hope is that war will end decades of instability and conflict. Is that likely? Emily Hohler reports

China and Russia seek gains from the war

News

Europe makes a stand • The EU is reacting to a changing world with new trade rules and a determination to forge its own way on defence and security. Dramatic first steps were taken this week. Simon Wilson reports

The shine comes off Dubai

City talk

Taking refuge in hard assets • AI threats, defence risks and energy demand may be driving a shift to stocks with physical activities

I wish I knew what operating cash flow was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask

Guru watch

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

Lessons from communism

Drain the HR swamp

Shifts in the culture market

The grim reality of zero-growth

It’s time to add some fizz to your portfolio • Fizzy-drinks firms excel at turning sugar and water into profit, says Rupert Hargreaves

The best stocks to buy now

The risks of concentrated funds • Most high-conviction portfolios underperform diversified ones over the longer term

Activist watch

Short positions… Augmentum accepts discounted bid

Brazil’s radical upstart bank • Nu has run rings around the country’s lazy, high-cost incumbents. Now it is expanding abroad

How airlines must help • Carriers have a duty of care towards their passengers if they can’t fly

Travel insurance is no use in war

Pocket money... housing market runs out of puff

Time to up your PR game • Consider how to pre-empt or tackle trouble on social media

How AI helps scammers

A helping hand from the government

Cash in on Europe’s top companies offering long-term growth and income • A professional investor tells us where he’d put his money. This week: Marcel Stotzel, portfolio manager, Fidelity European Trust, highlights three favourites

CLASSIC Alex • PEATTEI + TAYLOR

The demise of El Mencho • Mexico’s notorious drug kingpin has been killed in a joint sting by the Mexican and US authorities. But that is unlikely to mean the end of the crime or the violence. Jane Lewis reports

Blowing it… Mexican billionaire takes a punt on bitcoin

Banish the cold from Mallorca • Bid farewell to winter with a stay in the Balearics, says Merryn Somerset Webb

A boat for the people • The Duchy 25 from Cornwall’s Cockwells shipyard is the most accessible yet, says Alex Smith

Wine of the week: a cabernet sauvignon in a league of its own

Property • This week:...