Trade Aviva Shares

Aviva (AV.L)

About

Aviva is the world’s fifth-largest* insurance group and the largest insurance services provider in the UK. They are one of the leading providers of life and pension products in Europe and are actively growing our long-term savings businesses in Asia Pacific and the USA.

Industry

Life Insurance

Website

www.aviva.com

Trading Options

Financial Spread Betting
Contracts For Difference
Share Dealing / Stockbroker

Aviva and Market Latest News

Yahoo! Finance: AV.L News
Global body proposes rule to end insurer "black box" (Reuters MOLT)
Prudential gains amid talk of strategic review [at Financial Times] (FT Times)
Prudential was among London's top performers on Thursday in a market otherwise dominated by corporate earnings news.
Q&A: Scrapping the default retirement age (FT Times)
The government has said it will scrap a rule under which people can be forced to retire at the age of 65.
BP's Big Money Spill
Stephen Bland reviews figures from BP and BAE Systems, plus laments the culture of buybacks.
Osborne urges India to open up (Other)
George Osborne, the Chancellor, has urged the Indian government to deregulate the insurance market by allowing UK insurance companies to own far bigger stakes in Indian companies.
Cameron courts India and helps clinch jet deal (Reuters MOLT)
WRAPUP 2-UK's Cameron courts India, helps clinch jet deal (Other)
Osborne urges India to break EU trade logjam [at Financial Times] (FT Times)
George Osborne, the UK's finance minister, on Wednesday called on India to break a logjam in negotiations over a free trade deal with the European Union and make an agreement by March.
Cameron secures jet and nuclear deals with India (Reuters MOLT)
Osborne urges India to open up financial services (Reuters MOLT)
WRAPUP 1-UK's Cameron secures jet, nuclear deals with India (Other)
UPDATE 1-UK's Osborne urges India to open up financial services (Other)
Banks and miners help FTSE higher (Reuters MOLT)
Banks, miners help Britain's FTSE higher (Other)
Cameron woos India to boost trade and create jobs (Reuters MOLT)
UPDATE 1-UK's Cameron woos India to boost trade, create jobs (Other)
UK's Osborne urges India to open up financial services (Other)
UK's Cameron woos India to boost trade, create jobs (Other)
UPDATE 3-MOVES-Rockefeller Financial, Citi, Jefferies (Other)
Market overview: Slim gains after PM sell-off (ShareCast)
1630: Close A 60-point gain began to disappear after 2pm as better than expected US house-price data aided a dollar recovery. That caused miners to hand back a lead of about 2% and took the FTSE 100 back below 5,400 to finish at 5,365, up 14 for the day. Lloyds, Barclays and RBS were Tuesday's hot stocks. They were all up about 8% on decent numbers from European peers and news from banking regulator the Basel Committee that it will lower its minimum capital and liquidity requirements.
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Aviva: Financial Spread Betting vs CFD vs Share Dealing

Table below compares Financial Spread Betting, Contract For Difference and Share Dealing trading. For simplicity we use the average brokerage fees to calculate the profit/loss if £1,000 available for investment in Aviva shares (Aviva share price is 350p). Supposedly, you think that Aviva shares will go up by 10% in one month.

Calculations

Spread Betting

CFD

Share

Number of Shares Equivalent

5,714

5,714

286

Shares go up by 10% in 1 month, Gross Profit

£2,000

£2,000

£100

Commission to open position (buy)

£60

£15

£12

Commission to close position (sell)

£0

£15

£12

Total Commission

£60

£30

£24

Financing for one month (5% LIBOR rate)

£108

£108

£0

Tax (20% band)

£0

£372

£15 + £5 (Stamp Duty)

Net Profit

£1,832

£1,490

£56


Aviva: Financial Spread Betting and Contracts For Difference (CFDs) are margined (or leveraged) products and let you go long (buy) or short (sell) with Aviva shares, they are more suitable for short and medium term investments and cover a wide range of markets, including shares, indices, commodities and currencies. Share investing, on the other hand, is a conservative and old way of gaining financial independence and preserving capital. Even though some stockbrokers offer credit facilities it is very rare and not popular amongst private investors.

Risk Warning: Financial Spread Betting and Contracts For Difference (CFDs) are leveraged products and carry a high level of risk to your capital. You may lose more than your initial investment. Share price can go down as well as up and returns on investments are not guaranteed.