Trade InterContinental Hotels Group Shares

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG.L) About InterContinental Hotels Group have more guest rooms than any other hotel company in the world – that's rooms in over 4,100 hotels across nearly 100 countries. Our guests make over 160 million stays in IHG hotels every year. Industry Hotels Website www.ihgplc.com Trading Options Financial Spread Betting Contracts For Difference Share Dealing / Stockbroker

InterContinental Hotels Group and Market Latest News Yahoo! Finance: IHG.L News UPDATE 2-Barclay brothers sell InterContinental stake (Other) Barclay brothers sell IHG stake - traders (Reuters MOLT) UPDATE 1-Barclay brothers sell IHG stake - traders (Other) Analysis - Private equity, wealth funds chase banks' hotels (Reuters MOLT) UPDATE 1-InterContinental to double Chinese hotels by 2015 (Other) Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.

InterContinental Hotels Group: 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 InterContinental Hotels Group shares (InterContinental Hotels Group share price is 450p). Supposedly, you think that InterContinental Hotels Group shares will go up by 10% in one month. Calculations Spread Betting CFD Share Number of Shares Equivalent 4,444 4,444 222 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

InterContinental Hotels Group: Financial Spread Betting and Contracts For Difference (CFDs) are margined (or leveraged) products and let you go long (buy) or short (sell) with InterContinental Hotels Group 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.