Recent content by mattbird55

so much can happen in 24 hours ftse and dow are already testing/breaking the limits i mentioned. barclays is down more too :-(

Hi guys, was wondering what your thoughts are about some of my investments and the general state of the economy. I trade regular shares and when i want to short i generally use spread bets. After making a little money shorting oil/mining stocks i am now pulling out of that as im not sure how...

thanx for the input, will have a good look at that thread tomorrow

have been investing in shares directly for quite some time, with moderate success. I generally go for quite boring things tho i.e high yeilding banks and tabacco firms/tracker funds etc. I will continue to invest most of my money this way but would like to devote about 10% or so to more...

Hi guys, im a newbie trader just reading up on the subject. First problem seems to be what to trade and which companys to use. firstly I was gonna try spread betting (IG INDEX) but when you are betting large amounts the spread seems very wide and expensive (IT CANT BE CLASSED AS GAMBLING FOR NO...