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Spread Betting Made Simple

19 February 2010
In this week’s episode:

David Kuo rolls up his sleeves and learns how to spread bet with the help of David Jones, Chief Market Strategist at IG Index. They look at how traders can improve their chances of winning and minimise their likelihood of losing. A transcript of this podcast is available and listen out for the competition to win a signed copy of David's book "Spread Betting the Forex Markets". To enter the competition, email your answer to moneytalk@fool.co.uk. The closing date is 28 February 2010. Read the full terms & conditions for this competition.

David Jones & David Kuo
David Jones & David Kuo

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SteJD 20 Feb 2010 , 1:46am

The Motley Fool (remember the old emphasis on the capital F) in the early days would never have contemplated the idea of spreadbetting! This is what I find so confusing about this site and your guests.

David and Tom Gardner hype the living daylights out of the value investors such as Ben Graham, Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch and Phillip Fisher (value-Growth), to name but a few. Remember Grahams defintition of investment "safety of principal and an adequate return".

How on earth can the Motley Fool on the one hand espouse the virtues of value principles and then encourage (or at least invite) a potential "investor" to try his hand at spreadbetting (extreme speculation!)

welwichia 20 Feb 2010 , 6:00am

Hello SteJD,

I have to disagree ... firstly, nobody in the interview was encouraging anybody to "try his hand at spreadbetting". Instead it was the most level-headed and balanced overview of spreadbetting I have come across - none of the usual "make millions" hype or "I know somebody that has lost his house, job & family" due to spreadbetting.
Instead the risks are clearly explained and some ideas are explored about how to use this vehicle for either short term trading or how to integrate it with a longer term investment portfolio. We all have to make our own investment decisions and accept that not all strategies are going to work in all markets all of the time - my "traditional LTBH" portfolio is still somewhat under water following the 2008/09 market turmoil ... surely this is not the responsibility of the Motley Fool (or Graham/Buffett/Lynch for that matter) either?

TMFDragon 21 Feb 2010 , 5:41pm

Hi SteJD

Here at the Motley Fool we are not afraid to tackle any financial topic. We believe that well-informed investors are better investor.

Our preferred investing strategy is to buy good shares and to hold them for the long term. But at the same time, we cannot ignore the existence of other strategies. This week’s Money Talk podcast was meant to be an unbiased look at spread betting.

Hopefully, listeners (who have heard about spread betting, but may not know much about it) will be able to make up their own minds as to why it is risky.

David

lastphilistine 22 Feb 2010 , 10:20pm

Unpatriotic to hope Sterling falls? Tell that to an exporter.

anshah 23 Feb 2010 , 11:35pm

I thought it was an excellent interview.
Can any of you with more experience give a more complete answer to David Kuo's question of ranking the various instruments available for spread betting from most volatile to least volatile?
Is forex the most volatile? What next? Oil? Gold? FTSE? DJ?

TMFDragon 03 Mar 2010 , 10:23am

Hi All,

Congratulations to Peter from Switzerland, who has won a signed copy of David Jones's book, "Spread Betting the Forex Markets".

The correct anwser to the quiz question is the dong - the unit of currency in Vientam is the dong.

Best regards

David

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