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DAX Spread Betting Indices to Open Higher on Possible ECB Bond Buying

Indices spread betting investors have been somewhat appeased by ECB member Couere’s comments that the bank would potentially intervene if required to combat the renewed Euro zone crisis concerns. While this seems to once again open the door to bond buying by the ECB, it will almost certainly be met with strong resistance. Italy’s bond [...]

EUR/USD Spread Betting: Will Europe’s Unresolved Issues Worsen in 2012?

EUR/USD Spread Betting: Europe in 2011   2011 was a turbulent year for the single currency and you could say it started quite well with the admission of Estonia on the 1st January to bring the number of euro members to 17. There was optimism among EU ministers that Ireland would be the last European [...]

Forex Spread Betting Outlook for 2012

With last year coming to a close, Neil Looker, Chief FX Dealer at City Index gave his overview of the foreign exchange markets and shared his thoughts on the Forex outlook for this year. The FX markets ended 2011 broadly within 1-2% of where they started in the major forex spread betting pairs such as [...]