Recent content by Arbiter

Contending contention I guess that is Virgin BB ADSL not cable? The problem with any ADSL line, regardless of who supplies it (BT, SKY, Carphone Whorehouse, etc) is contention and distance. The distance thing means that only those who live less than a mile form the Exchange have any hope of...

Gah! Let's see now ... jump into bed with Rupert or Beardie? Both are <expletive here>s Virgin at least tries to charm its customer base - sure whatever Virgin product it is, it is normally merely a Virgin sticker that has been stuck onto a pile of crap (and that sticker costs a pretty penny...

Hey if a few London pigeons get chopped up I won't mind. Sadly there are a few of problems with solar panels (believe you me I am in favour of it): 1. The lack of sun here in Britain - although that could very well change (ahem!) 2. The fact that you need loads and loads of these to generate...

Ah yes, through the magic of numbers, creative accounting and blind Audit Office we will be all calm in the knowledge that the economy is safe and no cracks are appearing. I still can't believe that all of those PFI's are allowed to be kept off the books. It would be ironic however if Gordon...

As if they haven't already Human cloning has been done. If it can be done on other species, who wouldn't give it a go. Hell I would if I was a cloning scientist. But I guess nature is strange beast in itself, it has a habit of counteracting things that shouldn't be there (like human being for...

I thought I would get this thread started. Budget day!! So we have Mr Ambiable-Stalinist-Mentally-Unstable (what the papers say not me) who is going to take a green focus on the budget today as an obvious political swipe at Tory policy (if they have one, I am still confused where they stand on...

Thanks blades. That clears things up for me.

Wow, good advice Wow! Thank you for the quick reply. There is a lot of extremely helpful infrormation here for me to digest and investigate. Thank for taking the time to impart this knowledge to me. I suspected there would be devices and tricks out there in spreadbetting, didn't realise...

What disctractions What sort of products do they offer which ends up doing that to your account? I am new to trading and am considering spreadbetting as an obvious option, but the reputation of some spreadbetting firms is questionable. I know it is all about the commissions, but in the case of...

Hi, My first post. I am totally new trading. I have often had a curious interest in trading on the markets. I know that there are number of different methods that I can do this, and some of the most attractive seems to be derivatives trading, like spreadbetting or CFD trading. What is the...