Don’t squeeze our entrepreneurs with higher taxes

Britain’s entrepreneurs and business innovators get generous tax breaks. They should keep getting them.

After a hectic week, John Stepek takes a look at the charts that matter most to the global economy.

Austerity is officially over as both parties have outlined lavish spending plans. Overseas, too, spending and borrowing are back in fashion. Will the bond markets put up with it?

Dominic Frisby looks at the Swiss franc and Singaporean dollar and what our politicians can learn from these two fiscally responsible nations.

China’s yuan pushed through the symbolically important seven-to-the-dollar mark for the first time since August last week. Will its strength continue?

Spain’s new government could do a deal with the country’s populist parties, leading to a fiscally irresponsible spending splurge, just like Italy.

It’s been a record-breaking ten years for the art market – even Old Masters of questionable provenance are selling for hundreds of millions. But where should new collectors start?

America’s housing market keeps humming along, supported by Trump’s aversion for high interest rates.

Labour has added a chunk of BT to the list of things it will renationalise if it wins the election. That probably won’t happen, says John Stepek. But you need a plan B, just in case.

John James Audubon’s stunning The Birds of America is up for auction. Chris Carter reports.

MoneyWeek’s comprehensive guide to the best of this week’s share tips from the rest of the UK’s financial pages.

From an unspoilt corner of Thailand to a surfers’ paradise in the Philippines. Nicole Garcia Merida looks at some of the best island getaways for the winter sun.

From 618-acre estate Spain, to a 17th-century farmhouse in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Gloucestershire, eight of the best working farms for sale now.

Boeing’s shares saw their best one-day performance in over five months early this week. But the plane-makers’ troubles aren’t over yet.

China has far more gold than official figures suggest – as much as America, in fact. He who owns the gold makes the rules, says Dominic Frisby.

A major new US player has arrived in the television and film streaming market – and the UK is launching a service too. Matthew Partridge reports.

Despite the lack of any resolution to the US-China trade dispute, markets have suddenly decided that it is time to be bullish.

Global geopolitics has become a “black swan” machine. Unexpected things just keep happening. How are you supposed to invest in a world full of political risk?