Andrew Van Sickle
Andrew is the editor of MoneyWeek magazine. He grew up in Vienna and studied at the University of St Andrews, where he gained a first-class MA in geography & international relations.
After graduating he began to contribute to the foreign page of The Week and soon afterwards joined MoneyWeek at its inception in October 2000. He helped Merryn Somerset Webb establish it as Britain’s best-selling financial magazine, contributing to every section of the publication and specialising in macroeconomics and stockmarkets, before going part-time.
His freelance projects have included a 2009 relaunch of The Pharma Letter, where he covered corporate news and political developments in the German pharmaceuticals market for two years, and a multiyear stint as deputy editor of the Barclays account at Redwood, a marketing agency.
Andrew has been editing MoneyWeek since 2018, and continues to specialise in investment and news in German-speaking countries owing to his fluent command of the language.
Latest articles by Andrew Van Sickle
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Go for value stocks to insure your portfolio against shocks, says James Montier
Interview James Montier, at investment management group GMO, discusses value stocks and slow-burn Minsky moments with MoneyWeek.
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Seek out value to shelter from stubborn inflation
Rob Arnott, partner and chairman at Research Affiliates, tells Andrew Van Sickle why rising prices are likely to linger, and assesses the outlook for China and artificial intelligence
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The world’s best bargain stocks
Searching for bargain stocks with Alec Cutler of the Orbis Global Balanced Fund, who tells Andrew Van Sickle which sectors are being overlooked.
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Where do we go from here?
Features A new series of interviews from MoneyWeek
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Talking Tech with Mike Seidenberg of the Allianz Technology Trust
Interviews MoneyWeek editor Andrew Van Sickle talks to Mike Seidenberg, lead Portfolio manager of the Allianz Technology Trust, to gauge the outlook for tech stocks and the wider industry.
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11 investment trusts for inflationary times
Tips Inflation eats away at the value of your money, but these investment trusts can help you grow your wealth.
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The MoneyWeek portfolio of investment trusts – March 2023 update
Tips A decade ago we set up the MoneyWeek portfolio of investment trusts. It proved a success, says Andrew Van Sickle.
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The MoneyWeek Wealth Summit this Friday - everything you need to know.
News Andrew Van Sickle runs through the speakers and topics under discussion at the upcoming MoneyWeek Wealth Summit. Everything you need to know about investing in the year ahead in one handy package.
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Bill Dinning: Britain is a bargain – but global stocks could fall further
Miscellaneous Andrew Van Sickle talks to Bill Dinning ahead of the MoneyWeek Wealth Summit to get his views on some of the hottest topics in finance today.
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The dangers of derivatives as the “Goldilocks era” ends
Editor's letter This is no longer a benign environment for investors, says Andrew Van Sickle. But – as the recent pension-fund derivatives blow-up shows – not everybody seems to have grasped that.
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Investors are bullish – but be very careful
Editor's letter Many investors are buying the dip, convinced the latest upswing is the start of a new bull market. The odds are that it’s not, says Andrew Van Sickle. The bear has unfinished business.
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How capitalism has been undermined by poor governance
Editor's letter Capitalism’s “ruthless efficiency” has been undermined by poor governance, a lack of competition and central banks’ over-enthusiastic money printing, says Andrew Van Sickle.
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Don't be scared by economic forecasting
Editor's letter The Bank of England warned last week the UK will tip into recession this year. But predictions about stockmarkets, earnings or macroeconomic trends can be safely ignored, says Andrew Van Sickle.
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The wolf returns to the eurozone’s door
Editor's letter The eurozone’s intrinsic flaws have been exposed again as investors’ fears about Italy’s ability to pay its debt sends bond yields soaring.
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Inflation: compound interest’s evil twin
Editor's letter We're about to see something we've not seen for a while, says Andrew Van Sickle: a nasty bout of inflation.
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Why Vietnam is the star of Southeast Asia
Editor's letter Emerging markets should be a good source of income in the years ahead, with emerging Asia looking most appealing, and Vietnam the standout performer.
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Don't worry about timing the market: what goes around comes around
Editor's letter Market cycles are like London buses, says Andrew Van Sickle. If you miss one, don't worry – there will be another along in a few years.
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Curiouser and curiouser: 20 years in the markets
Cover Story Central banks have been interfering with market and economic cycles for two decades, undermining capitalism and storing up huge trouble for the future, says Andrew Van Sickle.
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Does a “Dogs” investment strategy make sense?
Tutorials Buying the market’s “Dogs” – top-ten high yielders – every year is a popular strategy, but does it make sense?
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Jim Rogers: buy gold
Features Commodities guru Jim Rogers thinks the current oil price is a floor, not a ceiling – but his favourite picks are gold and silver.
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Don’t believe the forecasters
Tutorials Analysts are always telling us what they think is about to happen to economies or equities, says Andrew Van Sickle. Investors should ignore them.
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The spectre of a crisis still haunts Europe
Features With talk of a trade war hampering equities in a region that is dependent on exports, investors are going cold on Europe.
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Trump fires first shots in trade war
Features Donald Trump has fired the first shots in a US-China trade war, slapping tariffs on $34bn of Chinese imports, with another $16bn to follow soon.
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America's bull market gets vertigo
Features America's benchmark S&P 500 stockmarket index has been in a bull market since March 2009 – or just over 3,400 days. It is only 50 days short of the longest post-1945 bull run, October 1990 to March 2000.
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