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If you are interested in the psychological influences on the financial markets there is an audio interview with Ken Fisher in the last week on the following link.: http://www.netcastdaily.com/fsnewshour.htm In large part to do with our own primeval fears.eg fear of large numbers arises from a...

Yup, Look up "Fractional reserve banking" Lots of info on conspiracy websites. Unfortunateley its also in basic economics textbooks, so its based on fact. The banking system creates money out of nothing and then charges interest. -- monetary growth of near 16% at the moment,

When paying online I prefer to pay in the sellers currency even when the website does me the "favour" of converting to a pound amount. To date this has not been a problem as it has been possible to change back to the original currency before paying. With a site that does not allow this is it...

A difference which has been mentioned before between futures brokers and forex brokers is that generally forex brokers can only take you for the cash in your account whilst a futures broker can chase you for any additional losses above the amount in your account. Could be useful to know when...

Can be useful to use a book search such as : http://www.fetchbook.info/ Also abebooks good for more unusual books. Shippng costs to add on though. http://www.abebooks.co.uk/

For existing Eclipse users can be worthwhile checking what you are paying with the Eclipse website. My monthly charge was reduced by £6 over the phone with immediate effect for the same service. With flex added on

Not used it but have heard there are erratic data spikes in price which are not cleaned up. Also they have a differential pricing structure but the five days backfill for the quotetracker subscription (the cheapest) cannot be exported to other programs. That said they do seem good value...

Sippdeal is mentioned in the article. I have a Sipp with them (not CFD's). No complaints, but it is important to factor in how much of a cut they take from the interest on your cash account with BOS when comparing costs with other Sipp providers.

"have had toshiba laptops for years and have recently switched to dell " Came across this site by chance so don't know anything about it but it seems to give a 1% discount on Dell. Interesting but may be a hassle for very little. http://www.cashbacktoyou.co.uk/

Hi Ftse beater I believe in the past that you have said you entered spreads leg by leg rather than as a spread. I have tended to enter as a spread with Refco Express. This allows control on price but doesn't always seem to get the best price. I would prefer to go in on each leg but the broker...

Interesting article in the torygraph today about competition in UK banking. He does however say that "the gap between what banks pay and what they earn by lending has hardly changed in five years" Most people assume the banks earn their margin on this difference but under the system of...

I tried the service for a few months some while ago . As an educational experience it was useful but I don't recognize the big profits claimed on the sales patter. He did operate accounts through robobrokers which gave a realistic record of results which were not overall profitable during my...

I have a Sipp with Sippdeal. Have made enquiries about transferring to their associated setup at http://www.sippdealxtra.co.uk/charges.asp . You can trade through Comdirect at £12.50 with no transaction charges but the addition of a £40 per quarter fee. Sippdeal have confirmed the charges they...

I presume reason for Eur/USd volatility at 15.00 today was US Home Sales (Aug) . Not all calendars seem to list this so I guess you need to follow a few different sources?

Inland revenue sent me a print from from their capital gains manual which confirms previous point on this thread. Dividends, interest ,commissions, gains/losses are all rolled in together for CGT. In their words "the chargeable gain is the difference between the amount deposited and the closing...