Benjamin Franklin once famously proclaimed: ‘Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.’However, although they may not have always been able to avoid it entirely, rich investors have long been able to hire expert tax accountants and attorneys to get round the tax laws and minimise tax liability. Unfortunately, this sort of [...]
One key advantage of spread betting is that a wide variety of markets are available to trade on. In many cases this form of investment can allow investors to gain exposure to markets that are traditionally difficult to gain access to.Below is a brief explanation of some of the more popular spread betting markets:IndicesIndices represent [...]
The art of speculating on asset prices has been around for centuries. From the days of the Dutch Tullip to the more recent internet stocks boom and bust, people have been willing and able to place bets on the outcome of financial events and fluctuations in the prices of stocks and shares, bonds, currencies, and [...]