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
The dramatic nine-week hearing saw Adoboli described as a gambling-mad markets obsessive who worked long hours and spent much of his leisure time devoted to financial spread betting.
From The Guardian • Nov. 20, 2012
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
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
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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