House prices rise in June

[Let-Me-In]

Presumably if you want to avoid apples and pears, you buy a bungalow.

[King Cnvt]

Or you could leverage your 10K to do some spread betting - IMHO a much easier way to invest in the indices.

Or put your £10K on a 3 legged blind horse at odds of 1000/1 and reap a cool £10,000,000 profit.

Easier than spreadbetting and you will lose no more than your original sum.

Spread betting, for those will unlimited money to lose.

[BrilloPad]

Or put your £10K on a 3 legged blind horse at odds of 1000/1 and reap a cool £10,000,000 profit.

Easier than spreadbetting and you will lose no more than your original sum.

Spread betting, for those will unlimited money to lose.

writing options another great way to lose money.

[pickle]

Or you could leverage your 10K to do some spread betting - IMHO a much easier way to invest in the indices.

Yep, I think finspreads require margin as low as 1.5% on the ftse.

So I can buy a cool million's worth of ftse tracker for just 15k deposit.

[n5gooner]

Have you got 4 kids?!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

well two are mine, two are my GF, my ex also had two kids (my step kids)

[Moscow Mule]

Or put your £10K on a 3 legged blind horse at odds of 1000/1 and reap a cool £10,000,000 profit.

Easier than spreadbetting and you will lose no more than your original sum.

Spread betting, for those will unlimited money to lose.

Don't be such a scaredey cat...

There is no difference between buying a FTSE 100 linked fund or placing an up bet on the FTSE 100 with cantor or whoever.

[King Cnvt]

Don't be such a scaredey cat...

There is no difference between buying a FTSE 100 linked fund or placing an up bet on the FTSE 100 with cantor or whoever.

Yes there is. Spreadbetting is leveraged. You can lose a LOT more than your initial bet.

Look it up.

[pickle]

Yes there is. Spreadbetting is leveraged. You can lose a LOT more than your initial bet.

Look it up.

But you CAN choose the size of your initial bet, to make it the equivelant of holding the same phsyical underlying position. And all gains are tax free.

Its obviously not for the financially dense, but for the go getting contractor its a must!

[Moscow Mule]

Yes there is. Spreadbetting is leveraged. You can lose a LOT more than your initial bet.

You think the value of a fund/unit trust can't approach zero?

That is what a stop loss is for - pick an amount you're willing to lose and set your stops accordingly.

Look it up.

I don't need to look it up, I already know it.

[Moscow Mule]

And all gains are tax free.

Probably the best thing about it...