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Electric vehicles drive a metals boom

Middle East attack sends oil to seven-year high

How alternatives became essential

US inflation still isn’t fading

Viewpoint

Britain’s Brexit discount

Can Johnson tough it out? • Mired in scandal, Boris Johnson passes over the dead cats and reaches for red meat. Emily Hohler reports

Protest bill thwarted by the Lords

Biden runs out of steam • Can the US president revive his stalled agenda? Matthew Partridge reports

China infiltrates Britain’s parliament

Betting on politics

MoneyWeek’s comprehensive guide to this week’s share tips

A Canadian view

IPO watch

City talk

From Marmite to medicines • GlaxoSmithKline has rejected an offer from Unilever for its consumer healthcare arm, but other buyers may step up. Matthew Partridge reports

Bond and Spiderman rescue Cineworld

News

The way we live now: The crypto platform backing the little guy

Just how green is nuclear power? • It’s certainly very clean in terms of carbon emissions, but what about the radioactive waste produced as a byproduct? It’s not as much of a problem as you might think, says Simon Wilson

GSK must turn down Unilever’s billions • The cash will be a temptation, but the deal is not in the interests of shareholders, or of anyone else

Who’s getting what

Nice work if you can get it

How to get better at selling • Profitable investing depends on your selling process as much as your stock-picking. Here’s how to improve

I wish I knew what EV/Ebitda was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask

Guru watch • Terry Smith, founder, CEO and CIO, Fundsmith

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

The fight against poverty isn’t over

The new American revolution

Business needs its mavericks

Bitcoin with Chinese characteristics

A cheap fund with a strong record • This trust’s yield of almost 9% may look too good to be true, but should be sustainable

Activist watch

Short positions... another record year for ETFs

Why the West must invest in defence • We’ve got used to a world without war between major powers, but that era is coming to an end as Russia threatens Ukraine and China eyes Taiwan. Buy defence stocks while they’re cheap, says Jonathan Compton

Seven cheap defence stocks

Power to the shareholders • Investors, not fund managers, should be telling companies what kind of world we want, says Merryn Somerset Webb

Don’t forget to file your tax return • HMRC is being slightly more lenient this year, but falling behind will still incur hefty fines

Pocket money... beware of loan fee fraud

VCTs set to break records • Generous tax breaks make these funds an attractive supplement to pensions

Charges cap on tiny pensions

Time to rethink the...