The Eurodollar is an interest-based financial product, similar to the UK Long Gilts or the US T-Bond, but for a shorter period of time, like Short Sterling. Because of the way that interest-based spread betting works, if you...

UK Interest Rates UK interest rates – as defined by the Bank of England’s base rate – are the lowest they have been in history. They have been this low for 28 consecutive months. And, at 0.5 per cent, they cannot be cut further...

The Euribor represents the interbank lending rate used in the European financial zone, just as the LIBOR is the rate used in the UK for sterling lending. When you spread bet on it, the figures represent one hundred times {one...

How do you go long or short of German government Bunds? Spread betting providers make a market based on Eurex’s Euro-Bund Futures and you can take a position on this. A protracted failure to deal with the eurozone crisis is...

The current rate offered by IG Index for US T-Bonds is 14,230.9 – 14,234.9. They call this spread trading market “Treasury Bond Decimalised” under the US bond tab. Under the same tab you will see T-Notes for different...

Among the less common financial securities that you will find to spread bet on, you should consider the US 10 year note. Its price generally moves in an inverse relationship to the long-term interest rate. Let’s consider...

UK Long Gilts is the name given to bonds issued by the British government to raise money. A particularly large recent issue was to raise funds for “quantitative easing” to deal with the economic crisis. The name...