Financial Spread Betting
We had an emergency budget in the UK this week. Our Chancellor had to increase tax and lower spending to bring our budget deficit under control. One the tax increase that traders would have noticed was capital gains tax.
There won't be a lot of traders out there that will be too happy about that. They should consider closing their accounts and opening a financial spread betting account. If they did then they wouldn't have to worry about tax increases as it is exempt in the UK.
This is not the only advantage of financial spread betting. Another is one that you could've take advantage of yesterday's falling markets as well. The markets don't trade up all the time and yesterday was no exception. You could have taken a short position and taken advantage of the declines.
In another financial market, currencies, there was a different picture arising. While the stock market was falling the British pound was strengthening. With financial spread betting you can trade in different markets from the same account so you could switch your short position from the stock market to a long position in the pound in seconds.
It was obvious to me that I cannot rely on the state to support me in my old age. I need to do that myself. People know this but are put off from investing because they don't enough starting capital. This isn't a problem with financial spread betting as you don't pay commissions on your trade so there is no advantage to trading large.
Before moving on I will say that there are risks involved. You trade on a margin which means leverage. This is beneficial when you win but you can lose everything if you don't control the risks.
Yesterday was a prime example of how financial spread betting works for me. Think about all the risks and rewards before you decide if it will work for you too.
Article Source: FxTradingStock.com
About the Author
Nigel has been trading using financial spread betting for many years. To find out and learn more go to his blog. You will also learn how to select from all the spread betting companies there are available to you.
by: Nigel Howell
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Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010
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