Independent Investor

David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has been intensely stressing out the thrust of the coalition government for infrastructure spending. PM Cameron is not a vocal supporter of the famous economist Keynes. Nevertheless, the whole idea of this proposition is not a new thing and it can actually be rooted to the theory of John Meynard Keynes about deficit spending by the government in order to stimulate the aggregated demand of the economy. It is in this light that traders whether CFD or any other kind of …

The Financial Ombudsman has upheld a series of complaints from investors and private individuals in relation to the fees charged by some CFD brokers, which it said were too high and took effect too quickly to deduct from trading capital.
The fees charged by discretionary and advisory CFD brokers, which go beyond the scope of regular execution-only brokers in providing some degree of advice and/or management, were said to be charged at a high premium, and were quickly written off from trading capital regardless of the rate of success or return, …

Leading CFD broker ETXCapital has relaunched its iPhone trading app, following extensive improvements to the technical analysis and data functions in order to streamline the mobile trading process.
ETXCapital, one of the web’s leading CFD brokers, has relaunched its iPhone trading app, following the inclusion of a series of new features since its launch, including an improved technical analysis suite including advanced technical charts, and more accessible trading data from the full range of tradable markets.
The update to its system will help countless ETXCapital traders improve their mobile trading decisions, by …

A poll of LMAX and University College London professionals has suggested the future of CFD trading could be automated, with some 79% of those polled indicating greater automation as their forecast for the industry long-term.
A poll conducted by the LMAX trading venue and University College London has revealed more automation could be the future for CFD trading, according to widespread forecasts amongst industry professionals.
Some 79% of the sample of LMAX and UCL trading professionals indicated they believe automated trading will become the main lifeblood of the CFD industry, spanning a …

There is a common misconception that Spread bets and Contracts for Difference (CFDs) are immune from the laws that govern insider trading.  This is simply not the case.  Anyone who is investing in spread bets or CFDs should be doing this because of their opinion on the market, and not through some privileged information.
Insider trading covers all types of trading on financial derivatives, and not simply the trading of the underlying shares as is commonly believed.  This has meant that there have been a string of prosecutions of insider dealers …