MoneyWeek Roundup: Make money from small caps

James McKeigue rounds up the week's best pieces from the MoneyWeek team, including: why you should invest in 'micro cap' stocks, how to protect your wealth from war with Iran, and should you swap your gold for property?

This week another round of positive data from the US raised hopes that the world's biggest economy really is on the mend. Well-watched manufacturing indexes such as the Philly Fed and the Empire State confirmed that America's recent industrial recovery is gathering pace. There are even tentative signs that the US housing market is picking up. Britain's economy also gave investors some cheer with a surge in retail sales that caught the markets by surprise.

But there are still threats out there. One is Iran, says David Stevenson.

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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.