IG Group is set to provide clients with stock brokering services as an adjunct to their existing spread betting operator's long term plan in order to diversify its business opportunities. The move by the UK's largest spread betting operator by sales came about as several of its peers have been [...]
As confidence slowly gets back into the Aussie market, investors are now contemplating their next move. Analysts point out that diversifying more asset classes including ETFs over offshore indices, and investing with borrowed funds using CFDs can prove to be a wise approach. The ETFs sector is anticipating a 15 % [...]
Financial spread betting will always invoke two negative emotions in every trader in the FX market; these being are fear and greed. Traders often commit the tremendous mistake of shifting to stop losses or in simple terms, closing a position too early. This is often done in haste by the [...]
The VIX is the stock symbol that is being used in order to refer to the Volatility Index of the Chicago Board Options Exchange Market. This is one of the most popular measures that specifically imply the volatility of the instrument S&P500 index options. In most cases, this is also [...]
Spread betting company Tradefair Spreads is now offering clients the ability to use Autochartist, an automated application designed to help with technical analysis and making investment decisions. Spread betting broker Tradefair Spreads has announced that its clients can now access Autochartist, an automated technical analysis application which helps pinpoint investment [...]
Talibi’s books “The Black Swan” and “Fooled by Randomness” argue, reasonably convincingly, that extreme events are under priced in the current market due to a lack of experience and the over reliance on mathematical models in trading. To take advantage of this they advocate a “dumbbell strategy” which basically is [...]
Michael Lewis, the author of "Liar's Poker," offers a first-hand account of Wall Street in the 1980s. Despite its authenticity, the book receives criticism for an outdated market view, lacking practical trading insights, and an overall negative portrayal of a testosterone-soaked, greed-driven financial culture. Some readers express disappointment in [...]
Jim Rogers is one of the world’s most successful investors. He was the ideas man behind George Soros the trader. When he talks, it is a really good idea to listen. Jim Rogers was one of the first people to shout about commodities at the turn of the millennium. As [...]
The Zurich Axioms is a classic. In fact it’s the first investment book I ever read from cover to cover. It’s also got a very easy to read style. I was fourteen when I read it. This isn’t as odd as it sounds as Max Gunther claims to have been [...]
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 [...]
