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From the editor-in-chief...
Doomsday radar remains quiet for now
The Takaichi trade boosts Japan’s shares
Donald Trump bashes the banks
Stocks boom in Brazil
Viewpoint
■ Labour loses crucial lead with City
A fifth bid for Beazley • Zurich Insurance appears determined to secure the British group. But do its sums add up – and what next for the City? Matthew Partridge reports
Chipmaker TSMC goes on a spending spree
Boston Scientific splashes the cash
MoneyWeek’s comprehensive guide to this week’s share tips
A German view
IPO watch
The collapse of the old world order • How should smaller powers react to the US’s naked assertion of dominance? Emily Hohler reports
Britain struggles to find its place
News
Why does America want Greenland? • The US increasingly sees the world in terms of 19th-century great-power politics and wants to annex the island to secure what it sees as its crucial national interests. Simon Wilson reports
We’re at the end of the Thatcher era
City talk
The right role for crypto • A new listing shows how bitcoin might add value to a portfolio if crypto keeps gaining acceptance
I wish I knew what short-selling was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask
Guru watch
What turns a crash into a crisis? • A popular book on major market slumps misses key lessons, says Max King
Buy now, profit later • Upstart payment providers are taking the world by storm. It’s time to buy in, says Rupert Hargreaves
Best of the financial columnists
Money talks
Another chance to get tech right
Is this the end for paid work?
The art of spending
Rare-earth grip cannot hold
Exciting opportunities in biotech • Pharma’s patent cliff will force big firms to innovate or acquire, says this star performer
Activist watch
Short positions… SFO makes Home Reit arrests
Excess profit in an unloved sector • Coface is a world leader in trade-credit insurance with key competitive advantages in a niche market
Focus on technology to profit from Eastern promise in emerging markets • A professional investor tells us where he’d put his money. This week: Omar Negyal, portfolio manager, JPMorgan Global Emerging Markets Income Trust
Alex
The richest Welshman to walk the Earth • Michael Moritz started out as a journalist on Time before catching the eye of a Silicon Valley titan. He is unnerved by recent political developments, but still defends the tech tycoons. Jane Lewis reports
Venezuela’s Lady Macbeth
A Greek island unlike the others • Nicole García Mérida stays at the luxurious Gundari hotel on the island of Folegandros
Arrivederci, Roma • The new Ferrari Amalfi is an evolution of the stylish coupé it replaces
Wine of the week: an enchanting and complex sweet wine
Property • This week: houses for around £1m – from a Grade II-listed, 18th-century house in Morpeth, Northumberland, to a period property set in the grounds of Shenley Manor, Hertfordshire
Book of the week
How the hoi polloi made their living
Crossword
Trump’s great bond caper • The...