Commodity markets have been around for a long time. Commodity trading started in the U.S. in 1848 at the Chicago Board Of Trade, the world’s first official futures exchange. The purpose of the futures exchange is to provide industries with a valuable cost management tool. It allows producers and the like, to know in advance [...]
THE BACKGROUND
The decline in the mortgage bond market has spread, and has begun to affect other bonds, U.S. stocks and commodities. Many commentators in the papers and on TV have pontificated about the events and how they are connected to this typical bond market correction.
Let us look at the problem and see how it [...]
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 fully aware [...]