The point of this round table is to help readers compare and contrast spread-bets, contracts for difference (CFDs) and covered warrants. With that in mind, we invited a covered warrant issuer, the managing director of a spread...
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Trading Spreads vs Spread Betting
Most American traders get confused when seeing the UK Spread Betting sites. They get completely the wrong idea of what spread betting is in the UK. So to clear up this misunderstanding [and to give UK residents an idea of what...
Contracts for Difference vs Spread Betting
Contracts for Difference (CFDs) and financial spread betting have continued to experience strong growth, despite the recent down turn in the UK stock market, as both active traders and experienced investors have turned to...
CFDs vs. Spread Betting
Going hand in hand with the rise of CFDs, has been the increasing popularity of financial spread betting. Spread betting and CFDs are very close cousins but they are slightly different, with the most obvious example being that...
Differences between Spread Betting and Ordinary Betting
There is a fundamental difference between spread betting and ordinary betting, and this can best be shown by using horse or dog racing as an example. When you decide to bet on a horse or a dog before a race takes place, you...
Financial Spread Betting vs Traditional Shares Dealing
If you deal in shares through either through a traditional or on-line, discount, execution only broker then financial spreadbetting offers an extremely effective alternative. Typically you would only be able to Buy shares and...
Spreads into Mainstream: Spread Betting Developments
Stockbrokers are hurting badly from a lack of business as investors lose enthusiasm for shares. Some of that money is being diverted into spread betting, which continues to surge in popularity well beyond the confines of City...
The Present and The Future of the Spread Betting Industry
A new report by Professor Chris Brady and Dr Richard Ramyar of Cass Business School predicts that the number of people in the UK with a spread betting account could more than double from its current level of 400,000 to one...
The Rise of CFDs and Spread Bets
by Mike Estrey The rise of contracts for differences and financial spread betting over the last decade has naturally impacted on the extent of trading in physical shares using a traditional stockbroker. There is no doubt...
History of Spread Betting – A Brief History of the Financial Markets
Derivatives, securities whose values are derived from other assets, have been used for hundreds of years by companies and the wealthy to invest and manage their risks. Their use is so commonplace that they exist for everything...