Posted by Admin on January 19th, 2012 at 4:16 am
Financial Spread Betting is a form of investment which does not limit an investor to a basic, fixed ‘win’ or ’lose’ scenario when speculating on the movement of markets or indices. Instead, an investor decides whether or not to Get or SELL a market ie spread betting on it to move up or down respectively.For each and every point that the market moves, in the direction that the trader forecast, a profit is calculated by multiplying the stake per point and the number of points by which ...
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Posted by Admin on January 18th, 2012 at 4:32 am
If anyone regularly trades the gold market they will know that any Dollar negative news often translates into support for higher gold prices. This is not a surprise when the key gold market is traded in US Dollars per Troy Ounce.So even without supply and demand affecting the price of gold, the market can swing purely on Dollar exchange rates, for example:• The prospect of low interest rates in the US makes gold a little more attractive. Note that low interest rates tends to make ...
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Posted by Admin on January 17th, 2012 at 8:40 am
As the significant economies begin to stabilise and the risk of a depression fades into the distance many are reflecting on a couple of important points. Firstly, how did it all happen? Secondly, how can they much better protect themselves in the future?If we had been to be honest with ourselves, then we must probably accept that we can improve on at least a couple of the following:1) Tax efficient investments2) Long term investmentsthree) Actively reviewing our existing in...
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