When currency traders are nervous, they don’t head for the hills, but for the mountains

The idea of dropping bank notes from planes to stimulate inflation will be forever associated with Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke

The 10 per cent plunge in Enterprise Inns’ share price on Tuesday surprised the company.

The eurozone’s problems run far deeper than anything that can be solved by a splurge of foreign cash

Shares in the educational IT provider rose 4.2 per cent

Shares in Mears, a smaller rival, came under pressure, losing 16 per cent of their value within a week

Shares in BG Group, the oil and gas explorer, hit a 30-month high earlier this week

I suggested on October 23 – when silver was trading at around $23.50 – that $31.75 was one obvious place for its next sell-off to begin

Much is made of the contrast between Anglo-Saxon and German ideas aboutfinancial and economic matters

Considering that it is the most precious of all the metals, platinum certainly turns up in some insalubrious places

There’s an increasingly good chance that many leading stock market indices will regain the highs they reached in the year 2000

To a believer in sound money – gold – the idea that a paper currency can ever be high-quality is fatuous

Hidden flaws of the euro

Investors seek better-quality government bonds

Currency seen as safe haven from eurozone debt crisis

Risk of further bad news from the high street

Copper is well poised to make new all-time highs

Metal offers protection from sledgehammer approach to quantitative easing

If the UK stock market is in for more of a hiding, the FTSE 100 is likely to outperform the FTSE 250

If gold retreats to $1,580, the price chart suggests a major buying opportunity

The Nasdaq 100 is at its highest relative level since the technology bubble

Investors seek safe haven from stock market volatility

What the experts are forecasting for next year

HMRC has sent an email saying that my tax code has changed

I am concerned about inheritance tax if my husband and I were to die prematurely

I am in the process of getting divorced from his mother

I own a flat in London but I am looking to buy a house further out and commute every day

We would like to extend it beyond its current period of 70 years

I employ 10 people and also own a couple of buy-to-let properties

My mother has early onset dementia and her health is deteriorating rapidly

My ex-husband and I have recently divorced and have a school-aged son

He is making promises to people who care for him by making promises about his will

I am a US citizen who has lived in the UK for nearly 20 years

I am pursuing a claim for the exposure to asbestos while working

He has taken money from them and frittered it away over the years after promising he would invest it

HMRC’s letter says I might have to withhold tax from my rent 

My pension will provide for my needs so I won’t need the money

I use an online stock broker to purchase shares in quoted companies 

I own three properties and want to buy another with my new partner

I am approaching retirement age with very little pension to live on

I would like to pay her but am worried the IR35 tax changes in April could complicate matters

Now that I’ve retired, I want to buy my first collector’s car

I’m still worried about being investigated by HMRC despite the 12-month postponement

We’re in our seventies and want to get our affairs in order quickly

Our household income has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic

We are returning to the UK from the US following the virus outbreak

My employer has said that if we don’t cut salaries redundancies will be on the cards

What are the alternatives to court for a divorcing couple?

Apple’s earnings show the impact of COVID-19, NVIDIA’s top scientist shares an open source ventilator design and Amazon anticipates big spending in the coming months. Here’s your Daily Crunch for May 1, 2020. 1. iPhone sales are down, ahead of uncertain times for the industry Apple device sales have taken a hit, but the company’s […]

Quarter after quarter, familiar stories have appeared. The smartphone market, once seemingly bulletproof, has suffered. The list of factors is long, and I’ve written about them ad nauseam here, but the CliffsNotes version is: costs are too high, innovation is too incremental and most people already own a device that will be plenty good for […]