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Where to find value in Africa
Features A specialist investment trust and a mining stock allow investors to bet on African large-cap stocks, and a recovery in Zimbabwe.
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Lapo Elkann : The Agnelli scion and his empire
Tips Man-about-town Lapo Elkann came close to self-destructing in spectacular fashion, buthe has since gone on to build his own business empire.
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Watch out for the devilish details when buying a holiday home abroad
Features Costs and ongoing fees could severely dent your income when you buy a holiday home to let abroad.
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Art world descends on London for Frieze Week
Features Frieze Week, held every year in Regent’s Park, is one of the most influential in the art world’s calendar.
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Princess Eugenie’s extravagant nuptials
Features The minor royals have been corrupted by celebrity culture and have ideas above their station.
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If you'd invested in: Halma and Ophir
Features Shares in hazard detection copay Halma have risen 158% in the past five years, while those in oil and gas firm Ophir have plunged.
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Three stocks to overcome Europe’s growth crisis
Opinion Europe is in a structural growth crisis, says professional investor Malte Heininger. But these three visionary companies have good long-term prospects.
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Share tips of the week
Features MoneyWeek’s comprehensive guide to the best of this week’s share tips from the rest of the UK's financial pages.
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The villains behind the financial crisis
Profiles Ten years on, perhaps the most surprising thing about the financial crisis is the fact that almost everyone involved got away scot-free. Below, Jane Lewis looks at five of the main culprits – and where they are now.
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Peter Schiff: the buck is heading for bust
Features America is slipping into a recession and yet everybody is blind to it.
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Do tracker funds distort markets?
Tutorials If enough investors were in passive funds, markets wouldn’t work properly. Is that where we are now?
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Betting on politics: the senatorial contest in West Virginia
Features Senator Joe Manchin will have a tough fight on his hands if he wants to get re-elected, says Matthew Partridge.
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Debenhams calls in the company doctors
Features Early this week, the group seemed at death’s door. The prognosis is not quite that bad – but it’s not good news either. Alice Gråhns reports.
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Ethiopia and Eritrea embrace peace
Features This week’s formal reopening of the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea cements a stunning reconciliation.
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Far-right falls short in Sweden
Features But the party has shifted the terms of the debate. Matthew Partridge reports.
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Duterte butts heads with the military
Features Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has had the limits of his executive power exposed after a botched attempt to imprison his chief opposition critic.
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Brexiteers call for May to go
Features Yet the rebels are unable to agree on a viable successor – or a credible Brexit plan. Emily Hohler reports.
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Indonesia's currency slides as emerging markets sell off
Features The emerging markets sell-off has pushed the Indonesian rupiah to its weakest level against the dollar since the 1998 Asian crisis.
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South Africa slips into recession
Features South Africa's economy fell into recession in the second quarter of 2018, contracting by 0.7% after a decline in GDP between January and March.
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Our progress since 2008? Ten years older, and deeper in debt
Cover Story A decade on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers, it doesn’t look like we’ve learnt any of the lessons of the credit crunch. But the next crisis won’t look the same as the last one, says John Stepek.
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Ten years on: was it right to bail out the banks?
Features During the 2008 financial crisis, taxpayers had no choice but to underwrite the entire banking industry. And we're still doing it, says John Stepek.
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Here’s what the blockchain is for – and when I think bitcoin will hit a bottom
Features Blockchain is the breakthrough technology behind cryptocurrencies. But what is it actually for? Dominic Frisby outlines some of its many uses, and makes a prediction on the future of bitcoin.
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Should you buy Smithson, Terry Smith’s new investment trust?
Features Merryn Somerset Webb finds out more about the Smithson investment trust – who’s running it, what’s in it, and how much it will cost.
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Ten years on: what’s changed? Are the banks less dangerous now?
Features Ten years ago, the banks brought the global financial system to its knees. John Stepek looks at what lessons – if any – have been learned since then.
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Cautionary tales of leaseholder regret
Features The dangers of buying a property on a long leasehold instead of a freehold are becoming clearer every day, says Merryn Somerset Webb.
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Ten years on: the biggest driver of the 2008 financial crisis has only got worse
Features The 2008 financial crisis was a result of "moral hazard" – individuals did not bear the full consequences of their actions. Nothing much has changed since then, says John Stepek.
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The changes sweeping the Gulf provide opportunities for investors
Features Matthew Partridge talks to Nicholas Wilson of the Gulf Investment Fund about the rapidly changing face of the Gulf states, and the opportunities for investors.
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Three exciting new small-cap investment trusts
Features It may feel like there is very little value to be found in the markets. But these three new small-cap investment trusts are betting against that, says Merryn Somerset Webb.
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The global clampdown on property tycoons
Features Soaring house prices in global capital cities have left governments scrabbling to appease angry voters who have been priced out. But are restrictions on foreign ownership the answer?
