MoneyWeek roundup: How to pick an oil winner

James McKeigue highlights the best pieces from the MoneyWeek team, including: China's economy on the slide; steer clear of IPOs, and how to get in on the exciting world of small-cap oil explorers.

Europe managed to hog most of the headlines this week. But investors might be better off looking beyond the Continent, and worrying about the state of China, says Merryn Somerset Webb on her blog.

China has been the global economy's great hope for some time. But the trouble is, it's in trouble too. One current business trend is particularly worrying. State-owned businesses are abandoning their core interests and turning to "slightly bonkers diversification strategies" to get their hands on more cash.

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James McKeigue

James graduated from Keele University with a BA (Hons) in English literature and history, and has a certificate in journalism from the NCTJ. James has worked as a freelance journalist in various Latin American countries.He also had a spell at ITV, as welll as wring for Television Business International and covering the European equity markets for the Forbes.com London bureau. James has travelled extensively in emerging markets, reporting for international energy magazines such as Oil and Gas Investor, and institutional publications such as the Commonwealth Business Environment Report. He is currently the managing editor of LatAm INVESTOR, the UK's only Latin American finance magazine.