Money Week:

Four ways to improve the return on your savings // March 9th 2010
Banks and building societies have been ruthlessly cutting savings interest rates. Now most savers are losing money as their savings fail to grow in line with inflation. So how can you make sure your money grows? Ruth Jackson explains four ways to boost your savings rate. More

Bolton's China fund is too expensive and too risky // March 9th 2010
What really annoys me about Anthony Bolton's new China fund. More

What the king & queen of buy-to-let can tell us about UK house prices // March 9th 2010
Two maths teachers became the unlikely pin-ups of the buy-to-let business during the boom years. But the crash exposed the shaky foundations of their empire. John Stepek looks at what their story reveals about the state of today's housing market ? and why another house price crash is inevitable. More

Emerging markets - the alternative safe haven // March 9th 2010
Traditional 'safe-haven' investments are failing, says Bengt Saelensminde. Almost all types of assets are rising and falling together. But one little-known emerging market fund could provide a safe alternative to the West's volatility, while producing inflation-busting returns. More

The best way to play Asia's coming financial services boom // March 8th 2010
As populations mature, they grow from being spenders to savers and back again. And so demand for shares rises and falls too. Cris Sholto Heaton has been looking into Asia's population trends, and sees a growing demand for finan- cial services in Asia. Here, he explains the best way to play it. More