Posts Tagged “Greece”

Alastair McCaig on BBC Radio Scotland

By | February 21, 2012

Alastair McCaig talks to BBC Radio Scotland about yesterday’s vote on the next tranche of the Greek Bailout money and the unmentioned issue of addressing not just austerity in Greece but also trying to stimulate the economy too.

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Alastair McCaig on Reuters Insider TV

By | February 20, 2012

Alastair appears on Reuters Insider TV talking about the positive start to the day’s trading and the hopes that the market carries for growth in the US and the eurozone. Alastair also talks about the possibility of a eurozone break-up and the WorldSpreads market on this spread bet.

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Alastair McCaig on BBC Radio’s “Wake Up to Money” and Radio 4

By | February 16, 2012

Alastair McCaig appears on BBC Radio’s “Wake Up to Money”. In his first segment he talks about today’s news: The possibility of continuing tranches of quantitative easing by the Bank of England; The candidates for the presidency of the World Bank; The increasing scrutiny of the banking sector by the OFT, particularly with the implications [...]

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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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The debt spectre stalking the global economy

By | November 22, 2011

The last couple of weeks have seen an on-going supply of political commentary from both European Finance ministers and their colleagues. Unfortunately for the markets these are becoming increasingly more insular in their view points. With austerity measures now being implemented in all the European nations, the electoral demands on these politicians mean that they [...]

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