Trade Royal Bank of Scotland Group Shares

Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS.L)

About

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group has grown from small beginnings nearly 300 years ago to become one of the largest financial services groups in the world. Their brands operate around the globe and down your street to provide banking services for individuals, businesses and institutions.

Industry

Banks

Website

www.rbs.com

Trading Options

Financial Spread Betting
Contracts For Difference
Share Dealing / Stockbroker

Royal Bank of Scotland Group and Market Latest News

Yahoo! Finance: RBS.L News
TREASURIES-Bonds mostly gain despite soft 7-yr auction (Other)
Connaught bankers grant £15m overdraft [at Financial Times] (FT Times)
Connaught has launched a charm offensive in an attempt to reassure suppliers that the embattled social housing maintenance group can repay its debts, after bankers granted it a vital short-term £15m ($23m) overdraft facility.
Santander to create 600 new UK jobs (Other)
Santander has announced plans to create 600 new jobs in the UK after profits rose during the first half of the year.
Customers intrigued by new bank Metro (Reuters MOLT)
UK arm boosts Santander (ShareCast)
Spanish bank Santander prepped the market for a possible float of its UK arm by revealing a strong first half from its British businesses and plans for further expansion.
UPDATE 1-Customers intrigued by new UK bank Metro (Other)
New British lender Metro Bank opens first branch (AFP)
Metro Bank, Britain's first new high street lender for more than 100 years, opens its first branch to the public Thursday in a move aimed at shaking up the country's retail banking sector.
Santander UK to add 600 jobs as deal and spin-off loom (Reuters MOLT)
Banks agree additional funding for Connaught [at Financial Times] (FT Times)
Lenders to Connaught have granted a lifeline to the troubled social housing maintenance company, agreeing to provide it with a short-term £15m overdraft facility.
Santander UK to add 600 jobs as deal, spin-off loom (Other)
Europe's 30 trillion headache (Other)
European banks have amassed 30 trillion in liabilities and face a serious funding threat over the next two years as authorities withdraw emergency support, according to a new report by Standard & Poor's.
Are UK banks killing the economic recovery? (Other)
Time for a spot more of Britain's favourite sport? Yes, indeed; next week brings first half results from virtually all the top UK banks, and therefore abundant opportunity for renewed banker bashing fun.
UPDATE 2-Malaysian billionaire sets $1.6 bln companies buyback (Other)
Europe's 30 trillion funding headache (Other)
European banks have amassed 30 trillion in liabilities and face a serious funding threat over the next two years as authorities withdraw emergency support, according to a new report by Standard & Poor's.
BP in talks over sale of oil projects to TNK-BP (Other)
PRESS DIGEST - Financial Times - July 29 (Other)
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Lloyds Turns The Corner
Good news for beleaguered Lloyds shareholders, as regulators back down over capital adequacy concerns.
Europe's 30 trillion funding headache (Other)
European banks have amassed 30 trillion in liabilities and face a serious funding threat over the next two years as authorities withdraw emergency support, according to a new report by Standard & Poor's.
Death of lending? I blame the Coalition (Other)
Time for a spot more of Britain's favourite sport? Yes, indeed; next week brings first half results from virtually all the top UK banks, and therefore abundant opportunity for renewed banker bashing fun.
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Royal Bank of Scotland 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 Royal Bank of Scotland Group shares (Royal Bank of Scotland Group share price is 150p). Supposedly, you think that Royal Bank of Scotland Group shares will go up by 10% in one month.

Calculations

Spread Betting

CFD

Share

Number of Shares Equivalent

13,333

13,333

667

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


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