Michael Hewson, senior market analyst at CMC had this to say. ‘Stocks tend to come in two categories, defensive and cyclical. As a general rule defensive stocks are a lot more stable and less volatile which makes trading...

Share prices are displayed in ‘pence’ so if a share is trading at £4.23 it would be shown as ‘423’ with each ‘point’ movement being the equivalent to a ‘penny’ movement. The...

The USA share market is vast with more than 6,000 companies providing retail traders access to major companies and brands from all over the globe. The USA stock markets make up some of the biggest global markets in terms of both...

Why spread bet rather than buy shares? Tax-free, profiting from falling markets and leverage are the reasons spread betting is an ever more popular tool. The combined effect of commissions, stamp duty and market spreads usually...

For example, you think that the price of BG GROUP [BG.L] will rise. The current price is 935p to sell (bid), and 943p to buy (offered). These are prices quoted to you by the bookmaker and are based on the far future. You are...

Spread Betting the FTSE 100 It is often assumed that the best-known indices are a fair reflection of the wider stock market, but this is not necessarily the case. In any index you normally have 2 or 3 companies that are very...

Spread Betting the FTSE The FTSE: Stands for Financial Times Stock Exchange. The FTSE UK indices are the benchmark for measuring how companies are performing in the market. The key index for the main market is the FTSE All-Share...

Spread bets on stock indexes are the most active spread bets that are traded. They include all the global indices such as the FTSE 100, German Dax, Japanese Nikkei and the three big US indexes, Dow Jones, S&P 500 and the...