Posts Tagged “commodities”

Thoughts on the start to the trading year

By | January 27, 2012

With the start of 2012 being broadly more optimistic than the end of 2011, it appears that the spread betting clients have benefited from the downturn in market volatility. With the old adage of “you can have too much of a good thing” looking true. Of course all spread bettors like to see market movements [...]

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Alastair McCaig comments on the commodities fall on BBC Scotland

By | May 6, 2011

WorldSpreads’ Market Analyst Alastair McCaig appears on BBC Radio Scotland and is asked to comment on the price falls in commodities and also the latest figure on the service sector in the UK. Listen to Alastair’s segment here [requires iPlayer].

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Holding back the commodities rally

By | January 17, 2011

Alastair McCaig responds to questions in City A.M‘s article “Chinese torture is holding back the commodities rally“. Alastair feels that “Gold, and all precious metals really, are viewed as safe havens, but there’s been a string of news recently that’s quite positive – not euphoric, but enough for people to think there’s cash out there and act [...]

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