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Spread Betting Down

By the looks of things, spread betting in the United Kingdom has indeed become a popular choice for many traders as evident in numerous Premier football club’s apparel and countless broadsheet newspaper and advertisement. But the truth is far from what financial spread bets and other similar retail derivatives are [...]

Keeping cool in Spread Betting: the Steady Eddie Approach

The reality is harsh and spread betting isn't for the faint-hearted. Traders need not constantly face the front of the screen from the moment the UK opens and persist until the close of Wall Street toiling all say long to land the most profitable deal. That is the very reason [...]

Fearing Leverage

The use of leverage is considered to be a trader’s best friend, sadly the recent week’s activities led the Japanese Financial Services Agency to announce a public consultation on plans to take control and limit leverage on contracts for difference (CFDs). A suggested limit of five times for shares, [...]

Profiting from interest rate variances

A lot of banks are presently debasing their currency through monetary easing because many investors are greatly besieged by pressure to attain meaningful yields. Three currencies including the euro, dollar and sterling offer yields almost next to zero which the yen has been stuck in the same position for about [...]

The Real Score Between Contracts for Difference and Spread Betting

With the European debt skyrocketing to its record peak along with the China’s mounting inflation and the Federal Reserve’s never ending loan to the rest of the striving world, things are less desirable in the economic world. Ordinary investors see volatility in this case not very friendly and most of [...]

Spread Betting: The hazards of trading over the limit

The high leveraged feature of spread betting is but a tiny fraction of the sum of the bets that needs to be deposited in any spread betting company. Regrettably, this results to over-trading which is the most fatal error in the practice of spread betting. In fact, it was the [...]

Taking control of the passion when trading

The influence of the mind is only as powerful or weak depending on its state of well being when taking on tough decisions in trade. According to a famous artist who quoted “Let’s not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them [...]

Spread betting: Letting a Bit of Retail Analysis Boost Betting Techniques

What’s left of HMV, Jessops and Comet scattered across a bloody front line has provided valuable cautionary measures for the commendable spread better eyeing income from retail stocks early this year. Five out of the top ten retailers such as online grocer Ocado is appearing in the higher list with [...]

Uptight About Bill – Keeping The Lights on Unless Issues Are Addressed

The energy is very crucial to Britain’s goal for a cleaner and more sustainable energy future, but there are several obstacles facing the MPs when it comes to the little aspects. Earlier this week, MPs query on the energy bill delve deeper into the details for the first time. This [...]

Shedding light to the 1-point Spread

Investors and traders alike may have heard or seen the term “1-point spreads” being publicised by several prominent spread betting providers on different forms of media such as print ads and online advertisements and banners. What really is 1-point Spread and why is this renowned in the spread betting race? [...]

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