Financial Spread Betting Guide
Financial spread betting (also known as financial spread trading) ia a fast growing alternative to traditional share buying and selling. Although it is called betting it is regulated by the FSA and has more in common with stock market trading than with regular gambling.
Learn financial spread betting as:-
…an investment tool
Use financial spread betting to cancel out risks and protect your investments against market falls. Read more about hedging with financial spread betting.
…a way of making a living
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Capital Spreads Review
Capital Spreads is a division of London Capital Group Ltd (LCG) and is considered one of the top financial spread betting companies in the UK. Capital Spreads keep their spreads permanently tight and margin requirements low, ensuring they are considered the ‘The home of better value spread betting’. In a recent industry survey they received the [...]
Is Shorting US Treasuries A No-brainer?
Nassim Taleb, the author of the Black Swan, has in the last couple of weeks been telling everyone who will listen that shorting US treasuries is a “no brainer” and that “every person on earth should be doing it”. Well, is it? We’re quite sceptical. Not because we dislike with Mr Taleb, who’s a clever man, or [...]
Are Commodities Heading for a Second Boom?
Commodities (with the exception of precious metals) have taken a battering since the credit crunch. Are they in line for an upward spike? The reason why commodities really suffered is that fears centred on the collapse of industrial production. If no one wants to produce anything, or drive anywhere, or heat their home, or eat then [...]
George Osborne’s Very Political Calculation
The British bond markets are resting on two presumptions. The first is that the Conservatives will get in with a working majority and the second is that the Conservatives will get on and slash the deficit by cutting taxes and raising taxes. In this way there will not be the flood of new bond issues [...]
Dollar Set To Break Higher
Today’s early-bird edition takes a look at the Dollar Index. This index is fast becoming a chartist’s dream. Recently I used it to show a bullish flag pattern (there’ve been 2 so far in 2010) and now there’s a rectangle continuation pattern. This pattern is also referred to as ‘consolidation’ or ‘range trading’, but charting [...]
Is Rightmove Ready To Move Down?
With the main markets on ‘pause’ ahead of tomorrow’s US payrolls I thought I’d look at another equity chart. Prompted by further signs of post-stamp-duty weakness in the UK housing market I thought I’d check out the chart for Rightmove: The shares have put in a storming performance, rising 38% from the start of the [...]
Patience Rewards My Long Bet On ICAP
With Prudential taking over the role of financial pariah, ICAP shares have broken the shackles of multiple resistance and justified my patience. My long bet on ICAP almost qualifies as an investment (I opened the bet at 307p on February 9th) and has done well to last the course. But this week saw the price [...]
Book Review: Too Big To Fail By Andrew Ross Sorkin
Too Big to Fail is an examination of what went on in the insides of Wall Street when it looked like the banks were all going to fold. In some ways this is a great book. The author, who is a leading American financial journalist, has access to a wide group of the big players and [...]
ProSpreads Review
ProSpreads offers traders a fast and reliable way to spread bet the major indices, commodities and currencies. This is done through the ProSpreads trading platform which provides the same functionality as Direct Market Access. This advanced trading functionality has numerous advantages and attracts the serious speculator who is looking for that extra edge when tackling [...]
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Learn how to get started financial spread betting for a living. It's tax free and commission free and for many is becoming an attractive alternative to share dealing.
…just for enjoyment
If you want to learn spread betting for fun there are many companies that will let you trade for as little as 10p a point. We teach you the safe way to take a punt.