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
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
And Conor Foley, the chief executive of City of London spread betting firm WorldSpreads, said that the personal mortgage market in Ireland had yet to be factored into the crisis.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 24, 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
In Britain, at least, some bookies are now acting like brokers and taking wagers on the directions of stock markets, an exercise called spread betting.
From Time Magazine Archive
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