Spread Betting Markets Rise as FOMC Minutes Show Appetite for Quantitative Easing

European stock indices enjoyed a third straight session of gains on Wednesday, with the FTSEurofirst 300 Index rising 1.2% in early trade. Similar gains were seen in the FTSE, DAX and CAC with indices spread betting investors optimistic after the FOMC minutes last night showed that the Fed could announce more easing at their September [...]

Spread Betting Markets Expected to Follow Choppy Trading Patterns Higher

The spread betting markets have respected support levels in last week’s price action but also seem to have provided an important piece of information. Currently the secondary decline which now seems to be completed suggests that higher prices should be expected this week but we should also face choppy moves with up/down days rather than [...]

FTSE 100 Jumps 2.5% as Positive Note Boosts Banking Sector

More gains were seen in Europe today continuing on the back of a strong Monday session with the DAX and CAC both trading higher by 0.6%, whilst the FTSE 100, which was closed for a Bank holiday yesterday, was playing catch up with strong gains of 2.5%. The DAX and CAC both gained strongly yesterday, [...]

Warren Buffet $5 Billion Bank of America Investment Lifts Banking Sector

The Spread Betting Markets – Last Week: Revelations about the full extent of bank borrowing from the Federal Reserve between August 2007 and April 2010 took the wind out of the sector’s sails early last week. Secret loans to over 400 companies globally exceeded $1.2trn. Morgan Stanley borrowed a total of $107bn, Citigroup $99.5bn and [...]

Online Spread Betting Guide to Speculating on Gold

Where to Spread Bet on Gold You can trade on spread betting markets such as Gold with spread betting companies like: FinancialSpreads Spreadex CMCMarkets To see which companies offer 24 hour trading, new account offers, stop losses and trading charts see Spread Betting Companies. How to Spread Bet on Gold If you [...]

Financial Spread Betting Guide to Speculating on Hewlett Packard Shares

Where to Spread Bet on Hewlett Packard You can trade on spread betting markets such as Hewlett Packard with spread betting companies like: Financial Spreads GFT CMCMarkets To see which companies offer 24 hour trading, new account offers, stop losses and trading charts see Spread Betting Companies. How to Spread Bet on Hewlett [...]

Online Spread Betting Guide to Trading AZ Electronic Materials Shares

Where to Spread Bet on AZ Electronic Materials You can trade on spread betting markets such as AZ Electronic Materials with spread betting companies like: IGIndex Spreadex CMCMarkets To see which companies offer 24 hour trading, new account offers, stop losses and trading charts see Spread Betting Companies. How to Spread Bet on [...]

Bernanke Speech Triggers FTSE 100 Fall Before Bargain Hunting Lifts Index 2%

A crucial speech by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke at Jackson Hole this afternoon, where no definitive announcement of a third phase of quantitative easing was mentioned, triggered a very volatile end to trading for the week, with stock prices bouncing like a yo yo into the close, whilst traders were left somewhat disappointed. The speech [...]

FTSE 100 Spreads Drop as Traders Turn Defensive Ahead of Bernanke Speech

Investors looked to downsize the amount of risky assets they had built up over the course of the week on Friday as traders eyed a much hyped speech by Bernanke at Jackson Hole later today. There is a hope that he could insinuate that the Federal Reserve is ready to start quantitative easing should US [...]

FX Spread Betting: Loonie Weakens Despite Rise in Core Inflation

Sometimes the Loonie sticks with the US dollar, sometimes it is driven by oil prices and the other commodity currencies. Last week it stuck with the Greenback. It could have been worse; the Australian dollar, the rand and the New Zealand dollar did even worse. But the Canadian dollar still managed to fall by -1.6% [...]