MoneyWeek
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MoneyWeek is a weekly investment magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

 that covers financial and economic news and provides commentary and analysis across UK and global markets. MoneyWeek is edited in London
London
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 and published every Friday.

It is owned by MoneyWeek Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S.-based Agora Inc headed by Bill Bonner
Bill Bonner (author)
Bill Bonner is an author of books and articles on economic and financial subjects. He is the founder and president of Agora Publishing, and the principal author of a daily financial column known as The Daily Reckoning...

.

From July to December 2008, the magazine had an Audited Bureau of Circulations (ABC) certified circulation of 38,916 (98.8% of which was in the UK and Ireland). During the period July–December 2008 MoneyWeek was the fastest-growing magazine in its sector (paid-for business and finance titles).

History

MoneyWeek, founded by Jolyon Connell, was launched in November 2000 and originally published in association with Dennis Publishing
Dennis Publishing
Dennis Publishing Ltd. is an independent publisher. It was founded in 1974.As of April 2010 the company publishes 31 magazine or online titles, predominately in the UK....

, also backed by private investors including Lord Hanson, Lord Rothschild, Roddie Flemming and Wafic Said
Wafic Saïd
Wafic Rida Saïd is a Syrian-Saudi Arabian businessman living in Monaco and Paris.-Personal life:Saïd married British born Ann Rosemary Thompson in 1969...

. It was designed as a financial version of The Week
The Week
The Week, styled as THE WEEK, is a weekly news magazine.-History:It was founded in the United Kingdom by Jolyon Connell in 1995. In April 2001, the magazine began publishing an American edition; an Australian edition followed in October 2008. Dennis Publishing publishes the U.K. and Australian...

magazine, which was founded by Jolyon Connell
Jolyon Connell
Jolyon Connell is a former Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Times journalist who left Fleet Street to found The Week in 1995, the highly successful news digest magazine which is now owned by his mentor and guide, the publishing mogul and poet Felix Dennis...

 five years previously.

MoneyWeek was sold by Dennis Publishing to Financial News Ltd. in August 2002. In late 2003 it was bought by U.S. financial publisher, Agora Inc.

A South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

n edition of MoneyWeek was launched in June 2007, initially on a subscription basis, with newsstand availability from 2008. A French language edition, published in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, was launched in September 2008.

Content

MoneyWeek is edited by John Stepek. Merryn Somerset Webb
Merryn Somerset Webb
Merryn Somerset Webb is the Editor in chief of UK personal finance magazine MoneyWeek, writes for the Financial Times, the Sunday Post and Saga Magazine and is a radio and television commentator on financial matters. ...

 is the magazine's editor in chief
Editor in chief
An editor-in-chief is a publication's primary editor, having final responsibility for the operations and policies. Additionally, the editor-in-chief is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members as well as keeping up with the time it takes them to complete their task...

.

Its aim is "…to make sense of all the thousands of column inches that are published daily in magazines, newspapers and internet sites dedicated to finance and distil it into useful information that we can all profit from."

MoneyWeek provides a digest of the week’s financial and investment news, and also covers associated economic and political stories.

In addition to the news digest, it features market commentary and analysis, share tips, interviews, regular columnists (including Bill Bonner
Bill Bonner (author)
Bill Bonner is an author of books and articles on economic and financial subjects. He is the founder and president of Agora Publishing, and the principal author of a daily financial column known as The Daily Reckoning...

, founder of Agora Inc.), and travel and lifestyle pieces.

MoneyWeek’s editorial stance on investing and stock markets is often contrarian
Contrarian
In finance, a contrarian is one who attempts to profit by investing in a manner that differs from the conventional wisdom, when the consensus opinion appears to be wrong....

. For example, it consistently backed gold
Gold as an investment
Of all the precious metals, gold is the most popular as an investment. Investors generally buy gold as a hedge or harbor against economic, political, or social fiat currency crises...

 and oil as worthwhile investments from 2002 onwards, before they reached mainstream media awareness. It has also been predicting a UK housing crash since 2004.

External links


MoneyWeek (Korea)

- No Relation with English Magazine

- Established in oct.2007

- Located in Seoul, Korea.

- weekly Economic magazine founded by M.T.(MoneyToday) Group.

- consisted of Stock, Fund, Banking, Industry, Life Etc.

Links : www.moneyweek.co.kr
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