May 11, 2012

Where share buybacks are ‘a steal’

Merryn Somerset Webb

Shareholders should oppose institutionalised theft

May 4, 2012

Overvalued US will be worth the wait

Market valuation measures suggest it’s time to delay

Apr 27, 2012

Want a house deposit? Ask a shipbuilder

China is the greatest credit bubble yet

Apr 20, 2012

Is it worth bypassing the usual suspects?

Shunning traditional financial products is not as easy as it sounds

Apr 5, 2012

What do I invest in? OK, I’ll tell you...

My cash also isn’t going into bank shares or anything connected with China

Mar 30, 2012

A stellar stock? Beware the smoke trail

Tobacco is nasty and in terminal decline

Mar 23, 2012

Fairness would be an ultimate tax incentive

Budget measures will let us devote time to more productive activities

Mar 16, 2012

Do your bit to distort the UK economy

What you should do to prepare for next week’s Budget

Mar 9, 2012

Land of my rising pension fund

You can entrust your pension to a Dane or, like me, put your faith in Japan

Mar 2, 2012

Chancellor, I’m waiting for your email

Is my idea to replace pensions with Isas brilliant – or idiotic?

Feb 24, 2012

Pensions . . . frankly, who needs them?

Abolish all pensions! Isas are a far better deal

Feb 10, 2012

Test of nerves for holders of defensive stocks

‘Safe bets’ are no longer as secure as they were

Feb 3, 2012

Water has potential for conflict and wealth

Investors should be taking shortages more seriously

Jan 27, 2012

I’m sticking with my Japanese holdings

When the yen falls, the market rises

Jan 20, 2012

Find a trend follower with skin in the game

You need to capture skill, sector and style momentum

Jan 13, 2012

Brics look nothing like a solid investment

Is there value in Bric equity markets? Or is it a Bloody Ridiculous Investment Concept?

Jan 6, 2012

Fund manager success? It’s down to luck

Good stockpicking is really all about momentum

Dec 9, 2011

Don’t be fooled by euro’s strong pulse

The euro will be more drachma than deutschmark

Dec 2, 2011

Our economy is anything but in the pink

Banks’ patience on loan arrears will wear thin

Nov 18, 2011

Europe’s bleak, but it’s not the new Japan

Bullish prospects for European shares

About Merryn

Merryn Somerset Webb Merryn Somerset Webb is the Editor of MoneyWeek.

After gaining a first class degree in History & Economics at Cambridge, Merryn became a Daiwa scholar and spent a year studying Japanese at London University.  In 1992, she moved to Japan to continue her Japanese studies and to produce business programmes for NHK, Japan’s public TV station. 

In 1993, she became an institutional broker for SBC Warburg, where she stayed for 5 years.  Returning to the UK in 1998, Merryn became a financial writer for The Week. Two years later, in 2000, MoneyWeek was launched and Merryn took the job of editor.

E-mail merryn@ft.com

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