spread betting
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Financial spread betting firm IG is predicting the shares could close between 385 pence and 405 pence on their stock market debut on Friday.
From Reuters ● Oct. 8, 2013
Parallel to this Adoboli was obsessively playing the market on a private spread betting account.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 20, 2012
Most of the proceeds will be used to meet obligations under a renewed loan for IPGL, which owns spread betting business City Index, from HSBC.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 7, 2010
He has lost most of that but doesn't let his spread betting affect his investment portfolio, which he says "is more long term."
From Time Magazine Archive
Increasingly, investors are using spread betting not just to make quick and large gains on price and market swings but also to hedge their investments.
From Time Magazine Archive
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