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The £6.2bn merger between food delivery giants Just Eat and Takeaway.com has hit a hitch.

The German chemicals group Bayer’s lawsuits over its Roundup weedkiller could throttle its profits. But is the gloom overdone? Matthew Partridge repor…

Fear of the coronavirus has sent investors retreating to their habitual comfort zone: government bonds.

The coronavirus outbreak is bringing back memories of the 2003 Sars epidemic, which cost the world economy $40bn.

It may surprise you to learn that house prices in Wales, Scotland and the north of England are actually more affordable than at the end of 2009.

We’ve finally left the European Union. It may seem like nothing has changed, but investors need to look at what it means for their portfolio right now…

The UK housing market seems to be perking up. But that may not be a good thing, says John Stepek.

Markets sold off in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, but have since rebounded. Could the scare really end the bull market? Dominic Frisby looks t…

Private investors left stranded by the collapse of the Woodford Equity Income fund will soon be getting at least some of their money back. But they wi…

The technology-focused fund should continue to benefit from long-term trends in the sector

Markets have tanked as fears about the coronavirus spread. Some sectors will certainly take a hit. But long-term investors shouldn't bee too worried, …

Bus and coach operator National Express has expanded into promising markets abroad – and it looks cheap

In today's Money Minute, the corporate calendar is busy with trading updates from companies on both sides of the Atlantic, including AG Barr and Apple…

To all appearances, BCCI – set up by Agha Hasan Abedi – was a legitimate bank. But it was a haven of crooks and criminals, and went bankrupt owing inv…

Forecasts for the next decade could be too bearish, but the 2020s are unlikely to be as simple as the 2010s

Russia's vast population and wealth of resources should be boosting growth. There’s one man holding it back: Vladimir Putin

The ink had barely dried on the US-China trade deal before the bulls began pouring into emerging markets.

Markets brightened up after China agreed to import more from the US and America greed to lower some tariffs on Chinese goods. But the trade war is far…

Gold is the ultimate insurance policy - an essential part of your portfolio. Here's how to invest in it.

Investment styles go in and out of fashion. The key is to pick a style that suits you and stick with it. So what are the main investing styles?

Many newcomers to equity investment are nervous about investing in individual firms – and that's where funds can help by spreading your risk. But how …

With the yield curve showing worrying signs of flatlining again. John Stepek wonders what's to blame and turns to the charts that matter most to the g…

Only government bonds seem too expensive, says Martin Gilbert, vice chairman of Standard Life Aberdeen.

An emerging market is an economy that is becoming wealthier and more advanced, but is not yet classed as "developed".

The spread of the coronavirus is causing alarm around the world. And, while it could be a serious short-term threat to human health, it’s not somethin…

The eurozone’s stockmarkets had an excellent 2019. But there are serious doubts about their ability to repeat the performance in 2020.

A very valuable torch is being passed to a new generation, says Chris Carter

ESG investing, or "ethical investing" as it used to be called, is mostly about the marketing, says John Stepek. But it's not all bad.

MoneyWeek’s comprehensive guide to the best of this week’s share tips from the rest of the UK's financial pages.

This week: properties with equestrian facilities – from a residential estate in Cheshire currently run as a professional showjumping and livery yard, …

Shares in drinks and mixers group Fever-Tree have fallen to a three-year low.

Last year was the worst on record for the sector, and Christmas trading brought little cheer. Matthew Partridge reports.

Digital games have become so popular that the market is now bigger than both the television-streaming and film industries. Yet years of expansion stil…

Sergey Mavrodi turned his computer import business into a financial investment scheme and plundered hundreds of millions of dollars.

If you want to make money from investing, says Dominic Frisby, it’s simple: find a bull market and go long. And in 2020 gold and silver are in a bull …

Larry Fink, chief executive, BlackRock, believes that changes in the global climate will redefine the way modern markets work.

Each week, a professional investor tells us where he’d put his money. This week: David Cornell of the India Capital Growth Fund highlights three favou…

Prominent EU supporters’ faulty reasoning is a liability for their businesses, says Matthew Lynn. Sell their shares short.

This week: houses for around £800,000 – from a Victorian cottage in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Temple Guiting, Gloucestershire, to a mew…

Gold may be on a bull run, but industrial commodities, including copper, zinc and aluminium, remain cheap.

China's double-digit growth rates of previous decades are long gone. Will the weakness continue?

Analysts have been out in force making rosy predictions for stockmarkets in 2020, but while there is certainly a case for optimism, investors should r…

MoneyWeek’s comprehensive guide to the best of this week’s share tips from the rest of the UK's financial pages.

Visa has paid $5.3bn for fintech start-up Plaid, following on from last year’s purchase of cross-border payments company Earthport.

Value investing appears to be making a comeback, while shares on this side of the Atlantic are more appealing on metrics such as price/earnings ratios…

Aircraft maker Boeing’s nosedive has accelerated this week owing to emails highlighting its toxic corporate culture. Matthew Partridge reports.

A tip gone bad reminds John Stepek that buying shares in troubled companies in the hope that they can turn themselves around doesn't always pay off.

The latest survey of estate agents and surveyors from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is "unambiguously positive" – suggesting house pric…