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Find out how to grow your retirement pot to £269,000, more than £600,000 or even upwards of a million pounds from a starting point of just £200 per month in this week's main feature.

Discover why the equal-weight S&P 500 might outperform the mainstream index and whether stocks which have been heavily sold off have bounced back.

Plus, a look at what changes to national insurance rules could mean for your income whether you are employed, self-employed or making voluntary contributions and the forgotten FTSE 100 firm with an excellent track record.

Also in the magazine, read about Associated British Foods, Marston's, Rightmove and Trustpilot in the regular company round-up.

Feature

From £200 per month to £1 million: using the markets to create a seven-figure pot

It is easier than you think to build a decent retirement pot if you start early

News

The S&P 500 set to notch-up the biggest monthly gain of the year

Equity markets are making a big bet that the US central bank has finished raising rates

Under The Bonnet

Halma is a world-class company investing in high-return global niche markets

This FTSE 100 firm is almost ‘hidden in plain sight’ and deserves much greater recognition

Feature

Searching for signs of life from recent market dogs

What can we learn from our Down in the Dumps stocks?

Great Ideas

Ride the positive momentum behind Primark-parent Associated British Foods

Shares in the food-to-fashion conglomerate are hitting 52-week highs following our ‘buy’ call

News

Frontier Development shares hit a nine-year low on sales disappointment

The gaming group has been hit by repeated profit warnings

Editor's View

Find out why lithium is getting interesting again

Prices have plunged but there is a land grab in Australia while ExxonMobil and UK small caps are getting in on the action

Russ Mould

Why the dollar’s decline matters

The US currency influences everything from commodities to emerging markets

News

Rightmove shows resilience in latest trading update despite housing market uncertainty

Firm sets ambitious revenue and profit targets out to 2028

Week Ahead

Can athleisure star turn Lululemon squeeze out another upgrade?

The yoga lifestyle juggernaut has a bold plan to double sales by 2026

Great Ideas

Manolete is back on winning form and could be poised for great things

Innovative growth business has fixable problems and large upside potential

Great Ideas

Why value-focused small-cap trust Rockwood is hard to beat

Richard Staveley-steered fund taps into exciting potential

News

Strong growth and a new head of operations drive rerating at Trustpilot

The shares have almost doubled in under six months

Ask Tom

What do plans for a ‘pension pot for life’ actually mean in practice?

Addressing a question about a key reform to the retirement savings landscape proposed in the Autumn Statement

Week Ahead

Marston’s is pinning its hopes on incoming chief executive Justin Platt

The increase in the national minimum wage will put upward pressure on costs

Personal Finance

How the changes to national insurance will affect you

Explaining the big tax giveaway in the Autumn Statement

News

Will the latest global climate conference result in meaningful progress?

The focus is likely to be on oil and gas companies and shareholder returns

Feature

Why now could be the time to switch to an equal-weight S&P 500 ETF

Strategist argues a straightforward passive approach to the US market ‘could come unstuck’

Feature

Where Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust is seeing the very best opportunities

Bright spots include South Korea and India but you need to know where to look