Recent content by meldge

Hi I have an IB a/c - never used any leverage before. Thinking of selling some of my ex US Vanguard ETFs which never go anywhere and using 10% of my a/c to purchase VAGS accumulation ETFs effectively with 4x gearing by having a 25% stop loss with 10% of my a/c. The Agg is down c20% so it will...

So respective of the wisdom of shorting the UK residential market does anyone know a way of currently doing this for the domestic investor?

House prices are already tumbling in London and I'm in the home counties so we're normally next. Can't see how they won't fall here if there's no deal.

Does anyone know if you can still do uk residential property options anywhere or failing that spreadbet - IG used to but they've stopped as far as I can see. I'm looking to hedge my house equity post March 2019 in case we crash out and prices drop. The Treasury seem to think prices will drop...

Hi all I have £100k or so in preserved pensions (i am 42) which I can't legally get my hands on and I wondering if there was a way I could transfer my benefits into a SIPP and trade with it also having a normal brokerage a/c. One a/c would be long (normal a/c) the other short (SIPP a/c). I was...

Hi everyone This is my first post on this excellent forum. I am interested in buying and holding property derivatives for the leveraged income that I assume can be generated and the lack of costs (no mortgage or legal fees stamp duty etc) compared to real property and the lack of volatility...