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Since the goalposts moved in Jan 2018 restricting leverage and new account incentives for retail traders, brokers have been trying harder to compete with the majors and stand out from the crowd. It’s difficult for brokers to compete on price, because spreads are about as tight as they can get. Brokers can’t even provide analysis […]
I’ve been having a long-standing debate as to whether or not price comparison works for money transfer services. It’s been a debate I’ve had in my own head, as well as with other providers, brokers, and webby techie people. A lot of industries are very price sensitive, so comparison works very well, but oddly enough
When we wrote a recent article on how to invest in gold. We covered precious metal stocks, Exchange Traded Funds, spread betting, and options. But sort of skipped over buying physical gold. Why? Well, traditionally, if you want to actually invest in physical gold you’ve had some fairly limited options. You can either buy gold
Sylvia Carrasco, Goldex CEO, on how her app makes investing in gold cheaper and fairer. Read More »
I’ve always said that investing is a relationship business. Whether it be with a broker, a salesperson, a trading platform or a colour scheme. Choosing a broker can be in some cases more about how they treat you and how they make you feel rather than cold hard cash. It’s for those reasons that when
Currency hedging is a minefield really, some say you’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t. But, almost weekly there is an article in the financial press about a business that would have made money if it wasn’t for “adverse currency moves”. Currency hedging is all about protecting yourself or your business from
I’ve said it time and time again, that the most important thing when doing large currency conversions is trade execution. There is a lot of noise at the moment about discounted FX rates, peer2peer currency transfers, and banks being evil because they take a large mark up on foreign exchange transfers. But the truth is
If you’ve ever tried to look for info and tips on smaller cap stocks, one of the places you will have no doubt ended up at some point is the Interactive Investor discussion forum. Interactive Investor, in my mind anyway, has always been an aggregation of what one looks at when dealing stocks. Gossip, market
Richard Wilson, Interactive Investor CEO on the evolution of the ii investment platform Read More »
About four years ago I set up a currency transfer service (it was called Berry FX if you must know). Because more years ago than that I used to be a prime broker for client-facing foreign exchange services. We used to convert some (relatively speaking) large amounts and deliver around £20m Euros, USD, Danish Krone etc.
I don’t go into The City as much as I’d like these days, but when I do I always find myself taking pictures of adverts on the tube. I’m not sure why, maybe it’s because, like the conductors jauntily abusing commuters on the platform for not “minding the gap”, adverts on the tube tend to
There’s an expression that bands around the city: “during the floor”. It’s said in the tone of Uncle Albert from Only Fools and Horse when he would recount stories to Del Boy from “during the war”. It’s often used when old LIFFE floorers are boring on about their piped jackets back in the day, as