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From the editor-in-chief...

Family feud of the week

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Grab your gold: inflation is coming

Even Eeyore would join this stockmarket party

Nasty surprises in Chinese bonds

Viewpoint

Investors miss out on Japan

Housing market surges to new highs

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

A German view

IPO watch

City talk

The business-rates bust-up • Supermarkets and other stores that had come under fire for accepting a business-rates holiday have given the money back. Matthew Partridge reports

Ashley picks over Debenhams’ carcass

Brexit talks go to the wire • Brexit won’t be resolved until the last minute, says Matthew Partridge

Poland and Hungary settle EU stand-off

Betting on politics

News

The way we live now: France makes discrimination based on accents illegal

Britain’s chaotic agricultural revolution • The government is making huge changes to how farm subsidies operate after Brexit. Farmers say that the details of what will replace them are still far too vague. Cris Sholto Heaton reports

The lessons of Operation Warp Speed • Governments and companies can learn from the extraordinary global effort to defeat Covid-19

Who’s getting what

Nice work if you can get it

Stocks: cheaper than they look • Adjusted for low interest rates, US stocks are not as pricey as they seem. But you’re still better off elsewhere

I wish I knew what a p/e ratio was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask

Guru watch

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

A step-change in AI research

The limits of monetary policy

Oxfam’s job is done

The economics of complaining

Investments with a social impact • A new trust backed by blue-chip investors allows investors to do well from doing good

Activist watch

Short positions... value and UK funds make a comeback

The companies refining Big Data into big profits • Data has been described as the “new oil” for the internet era. With new gushers being located every day, how can investors cash in? Stephen Connolly gives his overview of the sector

How to profit from the Big Data mega-trend

The best Christmas gifts • Here are our top tips if you are planning a financial present

Post-lockdown support • A grants scheme will help small firms in the new tiered-restriction regime

Prepare to protect data after Brexit

The rush to beat the tax hike

Ocado won’t deliver • Sales are surging, but consistent profitability has proved elusive

Trading techniques... how debt affects stocks

How my tips have fared

Three high-quality stocks set for long-term growth • A professional investor tells us where he’d put his money. This week: James Spence, fund manager, TM Cerno Global Leaders fund

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