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The Santa rally has been cancelled

Bitcoin comes of age as a new inflation hedge

Emerging markets are bouncing back

Viewpoint

The FANGs bare their teeth

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

IPO watch

A German view

Go for growth: the best bets in the US stockmarket • Nellie S. Huang and Anne Kates Smith of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance choose their favourites for next year

Frasers in the firing line • The owner of Sports Direct is hardly the only retailer set to suffer now that new restrictions have been introduced. Matthew Partridge reports

Poland’s Punk project punished

City talk

Mutant virus causes a very hard Brexit • The two big plot lines of the year have converged for a nail-biting Christmas episode, says Emily Hohler

Fish frustrate the final stretch to a deal

News

The way we live now: celebrities scrabble for cash

The return of free trade • While Britain and the EU struggle to come to terms, 15 Asia-Pacific countries quietly signed the biggest free-trade deal in history. That’s a welcome development, says Simon Wilson

Five things that will surprise us in 2021 • A year without unexpected developments might be nice. But it won’t happen. Brace yourself for these

Who’s getting what

Nice work if you can get it

Will Britain’s 2020 house-price boom continue in 2021? • House prices in the UK were hardly cheap going into this year. Yet now, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, they are rising fast. Can it continue into 2021? John Stepek takes a look

I wish I knew what yield-curve control was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask

Best of the financial columnists

Money talks

An energy wish list for Santa

Ditch the false promises on housing

A sacrifice for the NHS cult

The importance of a hanging basket

Metals will recover their mojo • Prices of commodities, notably base metals, have started to rise as the world rebounds from Covid-19

Activist watch

Britaindidn’thave a roaring ’20s • Talk of a “roaring ’20s” for the UK following the pandemic is wide of the mark, writes author and analyst Bernard Connolly – would-be economic historians should look to the 1930s for a better comparison

The reality of 1920s Britain

You can’t afford to ignore Japan • It boasts the broadest market outside the US, replete with cash-rich, resilient companies that have battled their way through 30 years of deflation, says Merryn Somerset Webb. And it hasn’t been this cheap in years

Six trusts to tuck away now – and six to sell • Max King presents his round-up of the “lame ducks” of 2020 and highlights six “Cinderella” trusts: strong performers that have not received the recognition they deserve

Five Aim stocks with plenty of potential for 2021 • Investing in Aim shares can make you a great deal of money – but you...