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TigerWit, one of the newest CFD brokers has announced record revenues for their year ended March 2020. CFD brokers have generally benefitted from the recent market volatility generated from the COVID-19 panic. Although forex brokers have seen a busy period as trader look at the markets as a speculative opportunity, the end of the year

ETX Capital has partnered with Pelican Trading to offer social trading to it’s clients through ETX Connect. ETX Connect has been launched by ETX Capital which was originally founded in 1965 as Monecor, has traditionally offered financial spread betting and CFDs to retail and professional traders on an execution-only basis. But over the last decade,

Valbury Capital has announced that it will be exiting the UK market. Valbury Capital said in a notice on its website that existing clients have already been informed and that it would work to close open positions and return funds and assets to clients as quickly as possible. Futures broker Valbury Capital in the UK

Whether or not you morally agree with shorting the market during a crisis, it happens. But have brokers seen an increase in shorting the market during the Coronavirus pandemic? The FCA has not banned shorting UK stocks, although the European have banned the shorting of many main market stocks. There is also a great article

We have recently witnessed an unprecedented period of volatility across the financial markets with many being “Limit Down” on a regular basis. Those of us with a few grey hairs on our head (should that now be a few too many?) have seen market corrections before. But the speed with which markets moved to downside

A New Black Monday Markets are plunging. Oil prices in a tailspin. Nations are shutting down. The spectre of a recession has arrived at our doorsteps. The catalyst for all these cataclysmic developments boils down to one virus: covid-19. In just a few short weeks, the deadly flu virus had killed thousands, infected thousands more, and

Recently, Warren Buffett published his widely-anticipated annual letter to shareholders. Easy to read and full of investment gems for ordinary investors, the letter is a must-read for any serious market participant. It contains many investment ideas that can certainly be put to good use. Last year, I talked about his 2019 annual letter here. Below

With just a few weeks to go until the 2020 ISA deadline on the 5th April, the fund industry is busy persuading us how to invest our annual allowance. You have a maximum of £20,000 to put in either a stocks and shares ISA or a cash ISA, or split between the two, each financial