http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Andy+Richardson Sports Andy Richardson Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=225958&ca=Sports The wonderful world of spread betting, or so it can be! Spread betting can be very topsy-turvy, full of highs and lows and involves an extremely high level of risk, so be sure to only bet with what you have to lose! If you play the game right, and beat the spread more often than not, with the right... Recreation Andy Richardson Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=196128&ca=Recreation Spread betting is perhaps the simplest form of derivative trading around and is certainly the most tax-efficient. Spread bets allow you to bet that the price of an underlying asset (a share, commodity or index) will rise or fall. This means that you could hedge your existing holdings, perhaps bettin... Finances Andy Richardson Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=135245&ca=Finances A contract for difference (CFD) is an agreement between two parties to exchange the difference between the opening price and the closing price of a contract, multiplied by the number of shares, as calculated at the contract’s close. CFDs are available on the top 350 stocks in the UK as well as on s... Finances Andy Richardson Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=134697&ca=Finances Having first dabbled in shares in about 1994 as a way of bettering my CandG savings account, I knew I could do it and would find it interesting (made 24% in year one and 20.4% year two, using only teletext, Investors Chronicle and no computer). I had always fancied quitting paid employment by 50. Th... Finances Andy Richardson Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=132793&ca=Finances About 8 years ago I started to notice that certain friends of mine had quit their jobs but continued to live very luxurious lifestyles - seemingly without doing very much. I thought they must just be using up their savings until I discovered they were all making a fantastic living by spending just a... Finances Andy Richardson Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=128441&ca=Finances The advantage of spread betting, as opposed to buying shares, is that it offers one of the simplest ways to bet on markets moving downwards, as they have in recent months. Moreover, bets are free of stamp duty, while any gains are not subject to capital gains tax (CGT). Most regular readers will be... Education Andy Richardson Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=128675&ca=Education Trading (spread betting) shares for a living. There are many outcomes I wish to achieve in my life and there are many outcomes I have already achieved. What usually happens is the outcomes keep getting bigger the more I achieve. This is a great sign that I am doing something right in my world. Over... Business Andy Richardson Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=129710&ca=Business THE persistent refusal of Chancellor Gordon Brown to make any commitment to reform Stamp Duty Reserve Tax on share transactions - at 0.5 per cent the highest in Europe - has played a large part in the remarkable growth in popularity of Contracts for Difference (CFDs) and spread betting. Since, unlik... Business Andy Richardson Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=129730&ca=Business HINT: TRADE THE FACTS The same rules apply to CFDs as they do to share trading - In essence, they’re both about getting the direction of the instrument correct. Trading on rumours is a classic investor trait, which can often lead to losses as the event never materialises and the share price falls ba... Recreation Andy Richardson Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=127493&ca=Recreation Similar in some respects to the CFD, spread betting can be done on a large number of stocks, and major Stock Indexes such as the FTSE 100 Index, or Dow Jones Index, or the SandP 500 index, etc. An ideal website to visit, to start learning about spread betting is www.financial-spread-betting.com who...