ICAP founder Michael Spencer has sold his spread betting firm City Index for $118 million. The buyer was Bedminster, NJ based GAIN Capital, a U.S. firm that will now be servicing over 230,000 customers with the addition of their newest acquisition. The combined trade volume of GAIN’s transaction will now [...]
Spread betting is an option to conventional investing in which the goal is to profit from movements in the value of financial product. The rewards and the risks are much more higher than traditional trading. Spread betting came a long way over the past two decades, wherein it is [...]
Following a five-year bull market, investors are apprehensive that a large drop is imminent around the corner. Market swings are basically are among the top things in the mind of people who can't seem to relax following the 2008-2009 stock market crisis. Investors are weary that another event in the [...]
With crude oil prices being traded at two-year lows despite the latest rush in Middle East upheaval, investors might be absolved for wondering what happened to peak oil. The reality is that despite the major sums that have been invested in another optional energy with the supply of oil from [...]
Income drawdown is regarded as the primary option in purchasing an annuity for retirement. It commences upon drawing variable income directly from the pension fund, which remains invested at the option of policy holder. Basically, the member stays in control of the pension fund and this for many is what [...]
The NYC:FXCM, which is the leading online provider of foreign exchange trading recently announced that its U.S. subsidiary FOREX Capital Markets LLC ("FXCM US") has established the new retail FX pricing model. FXCM U.S. platforms will be displaying raw spreads and succeeding mark-ups previously consisting of spreads that will be [...]
Gresham Computing plc, a leader in transaction control solutions to international financial institutions and corporate industries, in which it announced that the ETX Capital (ETX) is turning over Gresham's Clareti Transaction Control (CTC) solution. The CFD and spread betting company will at the outset be using CTC to automate the [...]
A new share dealing service from IG Group assured a much sharper stock prices and lower currency cost for investors to consider. Financial spread better IG Group was able to include new share dealings to its online trading platform in a new approach that provides an intelligent pricing and lower [...]
Core Spreads Are Now Trade Nation Core Spreads Core Spreads is the latest FCA-regulated, online financial spread betting broker founded in September 2014, offering traders a simple, no-frills trading platform that's both intuitive and easy to use. Core Spreads is a privately owned FCA-regulated broker offering spread bettors very [...]
While majority of the investment decision should primarily be based on the ground that it should be invested in companies that are generating consistent cash flow at realistic valuations, however this can become extremely dull and monotonous. Although it may be fine for other people, some consider it to be [...]