spread betting
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The binary option is part of a family of similar financial products such as spread betting and contracts for difference.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 19, 2018
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
Four firms engage in spread betting in Britain, and the arrival last May of the Cantor Index, a subsidiary of American brokerage Cantor Fitzgerald, has further boosted the industry.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though spread betting occasionally looks the same as dabbling in futures markets, typically the bets are smaller and more specialized, an attraction for the individual investor.
From Time Magazine Archive
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