Latest articles by James McKeigue
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Sean Phelan: Mobile maps showed me the road to success
Features When Sean Phelan wanted to create maps for mobile phones, he was years ahead of his time. But then Microsoft got interested.
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How serious a threat is financial warfare?
Features China may be about to embark on financial war with Japan if the latter won’t back down over a chain of disputed islands. But what is a financial war, and could it work? James McKeigue investigates.
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MoneyWeek roundup: The government's craziest scheme yet
Features James McKeigue highlights the week's best pieces from the MoneyWeek team, including: the government's crackpot housing scheme, why a wealth tax won't work, and have we reached 'peak gold'?
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Alistair Crawford: How I found a million in the phone book
Features 192.com's Alastir Crawford made a mint dragging the humble phone book into the twenty-first century.
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MoneyWeek roundup: Steer clear of China
Features James McKeigue highlights the week's best pieces from the MoneyWeek team, including: why you should steer clear of China, what you can learn from the space shuttle's failings; and gold miners look good.
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The food crunch
Features Climate change and population growth are making food supply problems worse and leading to price spikes. What can be done? James McKeigue reports.
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Deleveraging could last another 15 years, says Ray Dalio
Features The process of deleveraging may last another 15 years, but there will still be periods of rising markets, says one of the world's most successful fund managers.
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Charlie Gilkes: A double booking got our party started
Features Charlie Gilkes and business partner Duncan Stirling found that working together could translate into big bucks on London's up-market nightclub scene.
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MoneyWeek roundup: Going toe-to-toe with short sellers
Features James McKeigue highlights the week's best pieces from the MoneyWeek team, including: how to sting short sellers; the best way to profit from gold; and Britain's employment riddle.
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What to buy as China flexes its muscles
Features As Asia becomes richer, more money will be ploughed into defence. Smart investors should place their bets now, say James McKeigue and Jonathan Erridge. Here, they tip the best defence stocks to buy.
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MoneyWeek roundup: The rise of the robots
Features James McKeigue highlights the week's best pieces from the MoneyWeek team, including: profit from the rise of the robots; things look bad for US stocks; and Britain has lost the plot.
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Afzal Kahn: Plastic coffins set me up for life
Features Thanks to skills learnt in a factory making plastic coffins, Afzal Kahn made a fortune from taking luxury foreign cars and making them more British.
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The rise of the machines
Features The race to automate the workplace is on. James McKeigue, Matthew Partridge and John Stepek look at how you can invest in the robotics revolution and tip four tech stocks to buy now.
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Dan Wagner: When I told my mum, she burst into tears
Features Broke and on the dole, 20-year-old Dan Wagner scratched his remaining pennies together to launch his multi-million-dollar marketing firm M.A.I.D.
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MoneyWeek roundup: How to make money out of bad weather
Features James McKeigue highlights the week's best pieces from the MoneyWeek team, including: profiting from the bad weather; the accounting trick that sank Polly Peck; and what The Flintstones can tell us about today’s economy.
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David Morgan: Making money in medical advertising
Features After ten years working for large London advertising agencies, David Morgan wanted to leave London and start his own. He built his Devon based firm up, and eventually sold for £24m.
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MoneyWeek roundup: How to invest in 'Deficit Britain'
Features James McKeigue highlights the week's best pieces from the MoneyWeek team, including: how to protect your wealth from Britain's growing debt crisis; a bizarre opportunity in eggs; and Merryn Somerset Webb's Olympic blasphemy.
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Neil Woodford's still gloomy
Features Global stock market may be up. But one of Britain's top fund managers Neil Woodford is still gloomy on the world economy, says James McKeigue.
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A lucrative Latin American alliance
Features The latest South American trading bloc is committed to free trade – investors should follow the private sector into the region, says James McKeigue. Here, he explains how.
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Alan Halsall: The surprising potential in old prams
Features Once an icon of British industry, pram maker Silver Cross fell foul of the changing times. So, Alan Halsall resurrected and modernised the business that hasn't stopped growing since.
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MoneyWeek roundup: Why house prices have to keep falling
Features James McKeigue highlights the week's best pieces from the MoneyWeek team, including: why house prices must fall further; profit from internet traffic control; and the zombie banks killing the economy.
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Tony Rafferty: How I made a million from nightclub flyers
Features Armed with his own software and a keen eye for a business model, Tony Rafferty grew his printing firm into a profitable chain of shops.
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Is it worth paying for a bank account?
Features Banks are on the look out for new ways to part you from your money, says James McKeigue. And 'packaged accounts' are just the latest wheeze. But are they worth it?
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Three factors are keeping interest rates low, but they won’t last, says Ken Rogoff
Features The record low in major currency interest rates and bond yields is 'extraordinary' - but not stable, says Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff.
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