Although the budget did not raise Capital Gains Tax as much as was feared, it was still quite a large rise, and it can still affect people with large shareholdings. This has made the spread betting look even more attractive due to its tax free status. Unlike shares, futures or [...]
With the current debate about the rise of Capital Gains Tax many people are looking at spread bets as a way of getting around capital gains tax while still being exposed to the share market. Another area where both contracts for difference and spread bets really work well is with [...]
Sometimes it can be daunting to start trading Contracts for Difference or to start spread betting. The very attraction of these forms of share trading, the great gains that can be built up from small movements, also means that the losses can mount up quite quickly. However a spread [...]
Many people can not trade during work hours. After all we’re paid to work during that time and not trade on our own account. There are some alternatives. Taking the long view is an obvious but often overlooked strategy for out of hours traders to follow. To take a topical [...]
David Laws has been lost as the UK’s Chief Secretary of the Treasury. And verily there was much gnashing and wailing of teeth. According to George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, this was the job that David Laws was “put on earth to do”. So what does this mean [...]
Once again CapitalSpreads prove that they are the cheapest and most competitive spread betting broker by cutting spread on Wall Street Rolling Daily from 3 points to 2 points. A few months ago CityIndex cut the spread on Wall Street to 1 point and was just a matter of time [...]
It used to be so simple, if your country had a problem with keeping its house in order you could let your currency devalue. This would mean that everyone in the country would get poorer as they could buy less with their currency with holidays and imports becoming more expensive. [...]
Britain’s new coalition government has found that the public finances to be an even bigger mess than they were warning the public about. This has meant that they have had to look at new ways of raising taxes, and revenue raising measures will include some quite steep hikes to capital [...]
Thursday, 6th of May, is probably the most important day of this year in the UK and millions of people will have their say on the future of this country and who becomes the next prime minister. General election will have a major impact on ordinary lives and stock markets. [...]
Remember the days when you had to stay glued to your monitor looking for trading opportunities and waiting to exploit short term volatility in the market? Spread betting was not for everyone as people did not want to give up their social lives for trading. Sitting at home and just [...]
