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Inside this week's issue:

Cover Story

Hardy bloomers

It’s official! The Q4 2008 GDP number puts South Africa one step away from technical recession. MoneyWeek asked a group of select economists and market commentators what this contraction means for government, empowerment transactions, the domestic economy and investors.

Other Featured Stories

Rights issues are back – should you buy in?

“Desperate times require desperate measures,” says Richard Steiner in the Daily Mail. For cash-strapped companies – “first it was the banks, then the miners and now property firms” – that means rights issues, in which new shares are issued to existing shareholders.

Why you should own a few Rembrandts

To appreciate why we favour companies with consistently good earnings and discourage efforts to time the market, you have to consider the oftenoverlooked studies of Edson Gould.

Bill Bonner: capitalism is working just fine

“Poor of the World, Unite against Capitalism!” says a huge poster in
Managua... featuring the largest picture of a man accused of rape we’ve ever seen. No kidding.

Also in this weeks issue:

Markets: Gold’s recent bull run has further to go; the euro’s woes are mounting.

Sector: The best way to profit from the US generic drugs boom.

Who’s tipping what: Offshore bonanza for Africa’s generics giant..

Briefing: The MEP gravy train – who will stop it?

Blogs:  Going to the movies can help you predict the economy.

Politics and economics: Subempowerment? A second bite at toxic assets

Investing in property: Investing in property

Personal finance: Eight tips for a budget friendly overseas holiday.

Profile: How did Sir Allen Stanford’s collapsed $8bn empire ever get built?

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