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<< previous page 1 next page>> written by Karen Yap Last week global equities finally managed to finish the week with significant gains, but October was still a very poor month overall. Barry Ritholtz of The Big Picture highlighted just how volatile the last month has been. October was the worst month for the S&P 500 since the 1987 stock market crash, not only that, it was also the most volatile in the market’s 80 year history..... written by Rahul Rungta Introducing virtual football- see what is on offer at football1x2. One example of the newer generation of gambling games is Virtual Sport Betting: based on the idea of virtual leagues mirroring the real life leagues from around the world. written by Karen Yap Global figures released by leading online fixed-odds trading platform BetOnMarkets.com indicate that the UK is one of the worst online financial betting nations in the world. written by Karen Yap Mike Wright, Director of BetOnMarkets.com, said: “Shell on the back of record oil prices has had a great financial year. Despite selecting some stunning girls for the promotion, decked in shells to mark the occasion, the shareholders only had eyes for the words of wisdom from the board.” written by Karen Yap After experiencing a much needed sell off, there is the potential for the FTSE to stabilise over the next week said BetOnMarkets.com traders, especially if (big if) oil manages to go a week without making a new record high. With that in mind a bull bet on the FTSE to be higher than 5900 on the 9th of June could yield around 19%. written by Karen Yap Traders at BetOnMarkets.com say, with this in mind, the following trade may be valuable. Placing a No Touch trade on the S&P 500 not to touch 1580 within the next 120 days could return 14%. This places the no touch level above the high from last year, while providing room for some upside. written by Karen Yap BetOnMarkets.com is pleased to announce being voted the 'Best Fixed Odds Financial Trading Provider' at this year's 2007 Shares Awards.... written by Karen Yap The Federal Reserve were busy this week, first cutting interest rates by .25% on Tuesday, and then proceeding to announce a novel approach to injecting money into the banking system... written by Karen Yap Last week the 20 year anniversary of the 1987 crash passed with a significantly negative close for all major stock markets.
A sell off, but it was some way off being a repeat of that day 20 years ago that wiped off 12.2% of the value of British shares in one trading session. It is interesting to note that neither the 1987 or 1929 crashes led to a recession and the Dow actually finished up for the year after the '87 crash. Indeed as of the time of writing the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 700% from its 87 crash low. written by Karen Yap Last week Oil continued its ascent into record territory. Just shy of $90 per barrel the much talked about $100 per barrel isn’t too far off. Strangely the price isn’t still hasn’t topped too many headlines, perhaps because prices still sit below £1.00 per litre in the UK. If that damn burst, UK consumers could be in for a shock says Betonmarket’s Michael Wright. << previous page 1 next page>> |