FTSE 100 heads below 5000 mark
The recent turmoil has pushed the leading share index below 5,000 this morning. The rapid selling of many shares has led to a recent downwards trend which seems to have considerable momentum driving forward further selling. The FTSE 100 nervously awaits the opening of the US markets and readies itself for a talk from the [...]
Dividend yield: what is it? why should I be interested?
Payments made by a business to its shareholders and investors are what’s known as dividends. When a business’ earnings become a profit, it can be re-invested into the business (retained earnings) or it can be paid to its investors as a dividend. Companies are under no obligation to pay its shareholders dividends; however, the company’s [...]
Spread trading- spread betting
In general, betting on an unknown outcome is what’s commonly known as spread betting. How it works is that a company takes an instrument and quotes two prices (a bid and offer price, called a spread), finally betting on whether the outcome will be above or below the spread. Profit (or loss) is determined by [...]
