15
NOV

The collapse of
MF Global raises one or two interesting issues.
First, I should declare that MF Global owes me £45,000. I had £65,000 in spreadbets with them; managing to get 20k off them just before they went bust.
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First, apologies for being so lazy and not updating this column enough. I could blame a dodgy knee, but that's probably not enough is it?!
When I hold seminars, I often hear some terrible stories about trades gone wrong.
First of all, thanks a lot for the feedback on my new Spread Betting book. It seems to have helped a lot of you and I’m glad about that.
Yes, it's that time of the year Finance Writers love - they can cut & paste the ‘Santa Claus rally’ piece they wrote last year...and the year before...and the year before that...
I've just written a book on this subject because I wanted to answer the question: ‘Should investors, as well as traders, be Spread Betting?’
So, the book as a whole is more about the things that can go wrong!
When I heard
Ocado was going to float on the market, I was quite interested.