Recent content by dboy007

thanks for the reply. so generally speaking investors are people dealing in shares over a long period, say, over 5 yrs in potentially safe blue chip companies. whereas, traders are more into short-term speculation such as trading over a few hrs/days/weeks to make quick and bigger money? big...

am completely new to this world and prior to 2 days ago new absolutely nothing (not even the concept of trading). well i just read all 12 chapters on "share school" over at Financial Advice, News, Help & Guides from This is Money UK and found it very easy to understand and extremely interesting...

it's not about the club but the huge volume of air hostesses that fill it.

normbeef i don't intend to dive straight into spreadbetting, as i know from others the losses can be big. i was just pointing out that this is the first aspect of trading i had learnt about.....and found it interesting. Christopher i appreciate that post must've taken you some to write and can...

thanks for the advice christopher. it's good to get a view from someone who's actually doing a finance course. don't think i'll bother with that then. 1. just out of interest why do so many traders have a physics background? i can't make the connection. is it because they're good at...

Wow! that's some contrasting replies but all useful nonetheless. I agree with alot of you guys, in the sense that i am too old and the odds are seriously stacked against me. Gamma jammer, now worries about your first post pal, this is a debate after all. The reason i never got into trading...

thanks alot for the replies fellas. chocolate would it still be worth doing a degree anyway so i could get a job in banking and then try and cut across into trading?

whats an arcade grant? sorry, i know i said i wanted to be a trader but before about 3 hrs ago i knew absolutely nothing. however, i started learning today and now know about spreadbetting (which sounds very interesting). i just read the basics, but it gave me a good understanding on the subject...

hey guys, i'm new to the forum and i'm gonna ask a question you've probably read a thousand times before but i need some semi urgent advice, so i'm gonna crack on. All throughout my life people have always said i should be a trader in the city. Not sure they say this because i've got the gift...