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Post-Covid life will look remarkably similar to pre-Covid life
Everybody is speculating on how life will look once lockdown is lifted. My guess, says Merryn Somerset Webb, is much the same as it looked before the …
29 May 2020
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A brief history of market panics
SPONSORED CONTENT - The coronavirus outbreak is just the latest case in the long history of market volatility.
29 May 2020
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Quiz of the week 23-29 May
Test your recollection of the last seven days' events with MoneyWeek's quiz of the week.
29 May 2020
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As full lockdown ends, what are the risks for investors?
In the UK and elsewhere, people are gradually being let off the leash as the lockdown begins to end. John Stepek looks at what risks remain for invest…
29 May 2020
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The death of buy-to-let property is a useful cautionary tale for all investors
Investing in buy-to-let property was once a perfectly valid thing to do. But the government killed the market. John Stepek explains what investors sho…
29 May 2020
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UK banks and negative interest: money for less than nothing
The upheaval at HSBC has underscored banks’ poor prospects. Negative interest rates won’t make things any easier. Matthew Partridge reports
28 May 2020
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Building a new world: profit from the global post-Covid infrastructure spending spree
The crisis is far from over, but many of the world’s largest economies are already looking to the future, and the odds are that infrastructure spendin…
28 May 2020
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Here’s why investors should care about the EU’s plan to tackle Covid-19
The EU's €750bn rescue package makes a break-up of the eurozone much less likely. John Stepek explains why the scheme is such a big deal, and what it …
28 May 2020
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The MoneyWeek Podcast: James Ferguson on the virus, the lockdown, and what comes next
Merryn talks to MoneyWeek regular James Ferguson of Macrostrategy Partnership about what's happened so far with the virus; whether the lockdown was th…
28 May 2020
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Small business: how to prepare your staff for the return to work
Small businesses contemplating how to respond to the prime minister’s call to return to work need to tread carefully.
27 May 2020
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Governments’ money-printing mania bodes well for base metals
Money is being printed like there is no tomorrow. Much of it will be used to pay for infrastructure projects – and that will be good for metals, says …
27 May 2020
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Small business: how to approach job cuts
Strict rules govern the redundancy process. Prepare very carefully if you're intending to cut jobs in your business.
27 May 2020
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Top four financial villains of the last 20 years
Despite MoneyWeek’s 1,000 issues, we struggled to find a page of material on people we considered particularly worthy of honour. We were spoilt for ch…
26 May 2020
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Nouriel Roubini: lacklustre recovery followed by a depression
We may see a U-shaped recovery at first, but then will come the L-shaped depression, says Nouriel Roubini.
26 May 2020
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Saudi Arabia slips on cheap oil
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had big plans to diversify its economy so that it was no longer so reliant on oil revenue. The current crisis arrived befo…
23 May 2020
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The charts that matter: oil surges, but the dollar stays flat
With the oil price up and the dollar going nowhere, John Stepek looks at how that affects the charts that matter the most to the global economy.
23 May 2020
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Small firms get trade-credit lifeline
Small businesses dependent on trade-credit insurance have been thrown a lifeline by a new government pledge to stand behind such policies.
22 May 2020
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New grants for the self-employed
Self-employed workers can now apply for government support if their income has been affected by Covid-19.
22 May 2020
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Are we back on the road to serfdom?
The coronavirus crisis has led to levels of state intervention unprecedented in peace time. The Austrian School reminds us of the challenges, say Dan …
22 May 2020
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The new Cold War: China’s crackdown on Hong Kong
The planned imposition of strict new laws in Hong Kong is another step in the Cold War between China and the US, says John Stepek. And things are only…
22 May 2020
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Invest in water and provide a buffer against future pandemics
Global water shortages have long hampered growth and development, and climate change has exacerbated the problem. Will the coronavirus pandemic be a t…
22 May 2020
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MoneyWeek's quiz of the week, 16-22 May
Test your recollection of the events of the last seven days with MoneyWeek's quiz of the week
22 May 2020