It has now been 10 years since the then chancellor George Osborne, introduced the so-called 'pension freedoms' for individuals with defined contribution pension savings. 'Pensioners will have complete freedom to draw down as much or as little of their pension pot as they want, anytime they want. No caps. No drawdown limits. Let me be clear. No one will have to buy an annuity,' Osborne...

In mid-February we posited the idea that gold might hit $3,000 per ounce in the not-to-distant future, and within a month the precious metal had pushed through this level. After sharing in the broader sell-off which followed 'Liberation Day', gold has begun to shine once more and in this article we examine the prospects for the precious metal to hit the $4,000 mark and the different ways...

In an environment of political, economic and market turmoil, the gold price is within touching distance of record highs and US precious metals miner Newmont (NEM:NYSE) recently sealed a blockbuster $19 billion takeover of Australian rival Newcrest Mining (NCM:ASX), bringing extra pizzazz to the sector.Gold and its miners are clearly in the spotlight and encouragingly for investors who fear...

Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) £31.78Loss to date: 14.7%Original entry point: Buy at £37.25, 5 November 2020It looks increasingly like we flagged precious metal streaming company Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) at the wrong time.When we said to buy gold was not far off its record highs but it has since lost a lot of its shine as its safe haven and inflation-busting credentials have been...

The IPO market is humming again as the markets recover from the shock of Covid-19 with Deliveroo the latest big name set to join the London market. In the US, shares in virtual gaming platform Roblox jumped more than 60% on its recent market debut (10 Mar), and other stocks have been soaring this year as the public get their first chance to buy stock.Retail investors have lost out, however....

Shares in silver mining stocks soared after the price of the precious metal jumped 10% to $29.49 an ounce as retail investors piled. Silver has become the latest asset to be targeted by retail investors associated with the Wallstreetbets group on community platform Reddit.The spot price of silver is at a six-month high while silver future contracts gained as much as 13% to $30.35 an ounce. At...