Latest articles by Annunziata Rees-Mogg
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How to profit from the world's water crisis
Features Ever-increasing demand from food production, combined with global warming, is creating a water crisis. But where there's a problem, there are companies searching for a solution - and that means exciting new profit opportunities for smart investors.
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Latin America's lucrative markets: where's best to invest?
Opinion Where are the best places to invest in Latin America? And what are the potential pitfalls? Moneyweek invited a panel of investment experts to dinner to share their tips on the region.
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How to invest in Canada's black gold mine
Features Alberta, Canada, is sitting on a black gold mine in the form of its oil sands – and by 2030 it could be pumping out more oil than currently flows out of Iran. Find out why Canada could hold the key to the oil crisis - and learn how to profit from it...
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Where will the retail squeeze be felt the most?
Features Life has been tough for retailers - and it could be about to get much worse. However, it will be another sector which really feels the squeeze.
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Why you should steer clear of bonds
Features The scale of the bubble in the gilt markets was 'starkly demonstrated' on Tuesday when the Government auctioned inflation-linked bonds at the 'lowest yield ever', says Joanna Chung in the FT (low yields mean high prices).
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MoneyWeek’s top ten tipsters of 2005
Features Nearly 40 fund managers shared their investment views with MoneyWeek readers in 2005. Here we look at who’s done best over the year.
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Troubled Vodafone shares are a steal
Features A couple of weeks ago, Vodafone (VOD, 126p) announced that its sales growth and profits will fall as its Japanese division soaks up the cash it needs to fight off competition from NTT DoCoMo from the rest of the firm.
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O2 buyout: what to do with your shares
Features When Spain’s Telefonica made a 200p a share offer to buy UK mobile operator O2, it was offering to pay a 22% premium to the share price.
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Heineken puts fizz back into its shares
Features Heineken (HEI.AS, e28.08) is 'supposed to refresh the parts that other beers cannot reach', says Simon Nixon at Breakingviews.com, but its share price over the past few years has been 'about as appealing as flat lager'.
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Why the dip in the gold price is a buying opportunity
Features Gold has been a volatile investment since the start of 2006. But it's weak bull market that doesn't have strong corrections, says Bill Bonner in the Daily Reckoning.
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The small cap stocks set to deliver big gains
Opinion Four of the UK's top investment experts give their tips on the UK small cap sector - and prospects for the UK economy in the coming months.
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Is the commodities boom over?
Features Many commentators have said that the recent rash of highs in commodities prices were the peak of a bubble - the recent large falls in the price of gold, silver and crude would suggest they are right. But if history repeats itself, there could be even further gains...
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Is corporate Japan facing an onslaught of takeovers
Features Japan appears to be bouncing back after a decade and a half of recession. With growth up to 2.6% from nothing, and new changes to company law removing protections, top Japanese companies are becoming attractive targets for foreign investors.
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Is the FTSE 250 overstretched?
Features Last week the FTSE 250 broke through a psychological barrier as it reached the 10,000 level. Despite the takeover friendly nature of the mid-cap market and the strength of the resources sector in particular, commentators suggest that valuations are become overstretched.
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How red tape is strangling the UK economy
Features The booming world economy has never had it so good, and yet the UK is struggling. Rising taxes and political interference are to blame.
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Is Italy heading for disaster?
Features The very narrow election victory by Romano Prodi’s centre-left alliance was a “disaster for Italy and is a threat to the future of the euro”, says William Rees-Mogg in The Times.
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Can the FTSE 100 keep going past 6,000?
Features Can the FTSE 100 keep going now that it has breached 6,000? Or is it time for smart investors to bank some of their gains?
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Is the Australian stock market still a buy?
Features Last year, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 share index rose nearly 18% – having racked up 30% gains the year before. But is the market still a buy?
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Gordon Brown gears up for the premiership
Features It looks like Gordon Brown is finally set to get his way. If events of the past week are anything to go by, he is now in charge.
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Gamble of the week: a zinc-rich miner
Features This zinc-rich miner may be a gamble, but investors could stand to make four times their money, according to broker Seymour Pierce.
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Why Taiwan's stock market may be a better bet than China's
Features The Chinese stock market has rallied in recent months. But there are still many problems - which means the Taiwanese market could be a better bet.
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Are diamonds still worth investing in?
Features Diamonds might be a girl's best friend - but are they good for investors too? Competition is increasing from synthetic versions is growing - but then, so is demand...
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Why drought could be good news for tea prices
Features After the impressive performances of other soft commodities, it could be tea's time to soar after a terrible drought hit Kenya's tea crop.
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Greenspan ungagged: days of cheap energy are over
Features Alan Greenspan may have stepped down as chairman of the US Federal Reserve last week, but aged 79 he’s not ready to give up the limelight just yet.
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