What you missed at the MoneyWeek conference

Our annual investment shindig took place on 12 June. It was a fantastic day – John Stepek reviews some of the highlights.

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Merryn Somerset Webb talking about medieval tax dodgers in Hereford

The MoneyWeek conference, which took place on 12 June, kicked off with editor-in-chief Merryn Somerset Webb talking about medieval tax dodgers in Hereford. Archaeologists examining remains dating back to the 12th century found that many of the men were immigrants from north Wales or Normandy, whereas the women were all locals. Why? It seems a local law was passed that meant any man moving to the area who married a local woman would not have to pay tax. Fascinating history but what's it got to do with your money?

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John Stepek

John Stepek is a senior reporter at Bloomberg News and a former editor of MoneyWeek magazine. He graduated from Strathclyde University with a degree in psychology in 1996 and has always been fascinated by the gap between the way the market works in theory and the way it works in practice, and by how our deep-rooted instincts work against our best interests as investors.

He started out in journalism by writing articles about the specific business challenges facing family firms. In 2003, he took a job on the finance desk of Teletext, where he spent two years covering the markets and breaking financial news.

His work has been published in Families in Business, Shares magazine, Spear's Magazine, The Sunday Times, and The Spectator among others. He has also appeared as an expert commentator on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, BBC Radio Scotland, Newsnight, Daily Politics and Bloomberg. His first book, on contrarian investing, The Sceptical Investor, was released in March 2019. You can follow John on Twitter at @john_stepek.