MoneyWeek Roundup: four big lies you will be told this year

James McKeigue highlights the week's best pieces from the MoneyWeek team, including: don't bet against China; UK regulators' sell signal on banks; and the four big lies you will be told this year.

So far 2013 is turning out to be a good one for the markets. The FTSE has broken through the 6,000 barrier that restrained it for most of 2012.

One area that seems to have cheered investors is China. Last year, growth began to slow, and even the most optimistic China bulls had to concede that something bad was happening. But a recent slew of positive news has investors, especially in the commodity-heavy FTSE100, feeling happier.

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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.