Contracts for Difference are the instrument with the greatest impact on the equity market over the past few years. Investors are less satisfied with building up portfolios over the long term. Much to the chagrin of industry, they seem to be looking for instant, short term, gratification as typified by the rise of the “day trader”. Continue reading “CFD Trading Tips”
Mar 11 2010
CFDs vs Spread Betting
Spread betting and Contract for difference trading are pretty popular amongst the traders. Spread betting and CFDs are liked by investors for the simple reason that both of them help traders in earning profits. Both have grown considerably in popularity. Continue reading “CFDs vs Spread Betting”
Oct 21 2009
CFD Trading Explained, Simply
A CFD (Contract for Difference) is an arrangement between two investors to trade on the difference between the start price and finish price of a contract at the end of an agreed timescale without either party needing to buy the shares themselves. Despite sounding like it is going to be very complicated it is in fact easy to come to terms with. Institutions and hedge funds have utilised Contracts for Difference for over ten years now within the UK stock markert as an alternative to traditional sharedealing. Continue reading “CFD Trading Explained, Simply”
Jul 11 2009
Smart Investors Go Online: How to Profit In the Crisis
Leading economic commentators agree that the financial crisis we are entrenched in could reach an unprecedented scale, with only the smallest chance of a genuine recovery. But there are still great opportunities out there for financial-minded people to make good money using the wide range of online trading websites that are taking the stockbroking industry by storm.
Times of economic recession usually mean, amongst other things, that inefficient and wasteful parts of the economy are cut out. Continue reading “Smart Investors Go Online: How to Profit In the Crisis”