Sam Benstead

@semark_david @K_S_Caldwell Hi David - let me ask the dealing team. Gilts can normally be traded online as you say

Back to work after two weeks off. Straight into recording this week's On The Money podcast with @K_S_Caldwell covering the most popular investments of the year

Great to share my thoughts on income investing with @thisismoney Lots of opportunities out there in equities and bonds for inflation-beating income thisismoney.co.uk/money/investin…

Looking forward to this at 1pm - "Is there still a place for commodities in your portfolio?" Hosted by @MerrynSW and featuring @EdConwaySky and fund managers from @WisdomTreeEU and @GuinnessGI youtube.com/live/Ub6cFgpwQ…

State pension is due to rise to £11,501 next year as wage growth hits 8.5% between May to July

📢🏠Are your mortgage bills about to get more expensive? Or have they already gone up? 📩 Please get in touch! DMs open or email lauren.almeida@telegraph.co.uk

@Bertaroo @K_Samantha1 Congrats!

After 9 years in a relationship and 8 years running a business together, I asked @K_Samantha1 to marry me. She said yes. 💍

Great fun being part of this panel alongside @MerrynSW and Royal London/Fidelity International fund managers. Lots of insights here for investors looking for income youtube.com/watch?v=4RjpVV…

And the first part was at abrdn's equity income desk with Thomas Moore @abrdn_plc youtube.com/watch?v=HRfnq5…

@Vanguard_Group @ii_couk This is part three of our Day in the Life series. Part two was with M&G's bond team @MandGInsights youtube.com/watch?v=y6jNcr…

I went behind the scenes at Vanguard's London HQ to find out how they run their LifeStrategy fund range. Some great insights from the trading floor here, including on they build bespoke bond portfolios @Vanguard_Group @ii_couk youtube.com/watch?v=a47714…

Exciting shoot this one - I got access to abrdn's offices to find out what a day in life of UK equity income investor Thomas Moore is really like youtube.com/watch?v=HRfnq5…

Data is based on an ISA portfolio that is 50% shares and 50% funds. It assumes two ad hoc fund trades in a year and two equity trades. It also assumes regular investing into one fund per month, and one share (or investment trust) per month.

New Investor Essentials £4.99 a month fee for pots under £30,000 at ii makes it the most competitive large all-of-market platform for those with more than £15,000 to invest. Figures from the Lang Cat below 👇

Really looking forward to this one. ii's head of investment taking on the big questions for the UK economy and looking at how to invest

Tesla shares are down nearly 75% this year and 40% since I recorded this video with Baillie Gifford. Positive Change manager Lee Qian explained why they were still backing Musk but had growing doubts... youtube.com/watch?v=iyEsmj…

.@ii_couk and @JamesEagle17 made this visualisation to show how #houseprices are more unaffordable than at any time since 1899 ow.ly/HrA850M0FI3

My debut guest appearance on @iiOnTheMoney - @K_S_Caldwell and myself discuss how picking a portfolio of funds is similar to picking a starting 11 for the World Cup

@K_S_Caldwell kicks off the Glastonbury of the investment trust world

Should retail investors be buying gilts? My thoughts appear in this FT story, thanks @MoiraONeill ft.com/content/79ee2b…