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IG Poised to Widen Market for Spread Bets on Bitcoin – CNBC.com
CNBC.com
The biggest spread-betting operator in the UK by sales said that betting on Bitcoin had turned into “one of the more popular specialist markets” IG has ever offered, attracting hundreds of trades each week. David Jones, IG’s chief market strategist …
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Risk and reward: Contracts for difference and spread-betting
CITY A.M.
But while CFDs tend to be linked to real assets such as shares, commodities or currencies, spread-betting “takes place on markets made across a far wider range of activities – for example the outcome of sporting events,” according to the Financial …
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Spain and France Facing Huge Unemployment
The Market Oracle
As in spread betting and contract for difference, the end product of the austerity program is determined by the accuracy of the European wager on diminishing national deficits rather than on addressing the unemployment problem. CFD trading is making an …
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IG poised to widen market for spread bets on Bitcoin
Financial Times
IG Group is set to extend its service allowing customers to bet on the wildly fluctuating price of Bitcoin, the virtual currency that has captivated the interest of speculators and divided spread betting operators. The popularity of Bitcoin bets on IG …
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Betfair’s Long Takeover Odds
Wall Street Journal (blog)
And it has sold a majority stake in LMAX, the financial spread-betting venture that was supposed to take Betfair’s technology into new markets. Even so, Betfair still has unique technology that it is difficult for rivals to replicate. Chief Executive …
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Why you should get to grips with spread betting
The Week UK
But given that most investors can use Isas and pensions to achieve the same tax advantage, tax probably isn’t the main reason for using financial spread betting. It’s more likely to be the appeal of not having to pay commissions or brokers’ fees. With …
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Volatility provides profit opportunity
Financial Times
Currency trading volumes have almost doubled in the past few months, say spread betting firms, among clients hoping to profit from what some say has the makings of a fresh round of global currency wars. Economic uncertainty and interventions from …
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Most banker bonuses are commissions on gambling deals
Financial Times
The classification of most derivatives, options, swaps and even spread bets as “financial products” which are created and traded by units that have mostly been incorporated into “banking” firms (especially since the consolidations of 2008) means that …
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The pound is going to get trashed. What can you do?
MoneyWeek
So a short-term bet is nothing more than a pure gamble on what mood Sir Mervyn King is in today. (If you are still interested in spread betting, you can sign up for our free trading email, MoneyWeek Trader.) In the longer run however, I can see …
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Italy’s borrowing costs rise after election stalemate
City Index (press release)
Spread betting, CFDs and Forex trading are leveraged products which can result in losses greater than your initial deposit. Ensure you fully understand the risks. … Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Services Authority. FSA Register Number …
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