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This week in MoneyWeek: Buy banks – the best value stocks around
This week in MoneyWeek magazine: Britain’s best bank stocks; the nasty surprises lurking in German banks; and where you should put your money now.
This week in MoneyWeek magazine, Charlie Morris tips two of Britain's best banks; Matthew Lynn explains why Germany's banks could be set to spring some "nasty surprises"; and we cast an eye over the various asset classes to see where you should put your money now.
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Britain's banks are fixed and offer tremendous value
There's plenty of competition, though, and not just from other banks. As in virtually every other industry, new technology is "disrupting" banking. Retailers and financial technology companies are building their own payment systems. Central banks are mulling setting up their own bitcoin-style digital currencies. And the "strange financial environment we find ourselves in" means customers are turning away from depositing their money in banks to use government bonds instead.
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But if conditions change and they eventually will, then bank stocks could be one of the best investments around. Charlie picks the two banks you should be buying now. Find out what they are with a subscription to the magazine.
Italy's withering economy is creating a "mountain of bad debts" as small businesses fail. And in Germany, "massive trade surpluses are being recycled to bankrupt economies through the banking system", says Matthew. Deutsche Bank's well-publicised share price slide "tells you something nasty lurks in Germany's finance system, and it may burst into the open at any time".
In this week's investment briefing, John Stepek examines how leaving the EU will affect trade. If we have to come up with new trade agreements with every country that wants one apparently there are at least 27 who have expressed an interest it could be a long, tricky affair. But there is an alternative, says John: "unilateral tariff disarmament". Find out what he means with a subscription to the magazine.
It can't possibly have escaped your attention that UK interest rates fell for the first time in seven years yesterday. They're now hovering just 0.25% above zero. And it's quite possible they'll head below zero some time in the future. NatWest began warming its customers up for that eventuality last week, when it announced it could charge commercial customers to deposit money. We could find ourselves in the "topsy-turvy world of negative rates" before we know it, says Sarah Moore. She looks at what the result might be if that does happen. Later on, on her funds page, Sarah looks at two stock-picking strategies, and how they affect performance.
I look at Rolls-Royce on the shares page the engine-maker has a new CEO who's hoping to turn it around. Plus, there's the usual round-up of shares from the country's financial press, lots on pensions, personal finance and investing in property; and five pages of houses, cars, wine and travel.
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