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Pic of the day – best caption wins a bottle of sparkling!

Email your entry to editor@spreadbetmagazine.com. Best one we got was - “Move along people’s, nothing to see here!” Bottle of shampoo…

Is It Time To revisit the “widow maker” and Short JGB’s once more?

No doubt Kyle Bass (arch Japan bear and well known hedgie) and many other hedge fund managers over the last…

OVERNIGHT MARKETS ROUND UP – 23/04/14

Asian markets traded relatively flat throughout the night, unable to continue the gains seen throughout Europe and the US yesterday…

Titan – collective hedge fund slaughter provides further opportunity for us

The last few weeks have been brutal in “hedge fund hotel” world with serious bloodletting for many of the revered…

Deflation – who does it really hurt?

For many economists, deflation is a dirty word. It is an economic state that should be fought by central bankers…

Zak Mir on “betting the Farmville” and the folly of crowds!

It may not be too surprising to learn that the brief of this particular Spreadbet Magazine blog given the routing…

An alternate view on gold – Three Variables to Consider Before Investing

While there continue to be many gold bugs out there, I’m not one of them—but I do see gold as…

OVERNIGHT MARKETS ROUND UP – 17/04/14

Asian markets slightly gained throughout the night off the back off Janet Yellen’s comments earlier in the evening which followed…

Titan – Has the bear finally begun to growl?

It seems our recent calls that the US market in particular is overvalued and due a correction is now beginning…

OVERNIGHT MARKETS ROUND UP – 16/04/14

European futures are signalling a higher open following a late rally on Wall Street and a positive session in Asia…