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Chapter 1 Introduction to Investing Would you prefer to be ugly now, knowing that as you get older that you will gradually become more beautiful? Or would you rather be beautiful now and worry about the future later on? This little thought experiment is of course hypothetical. But if we apply the same question to […]

The FCA which is the UK’s regulator estimates that in 2018 scammers took an estimated £14,600 on average from victims in the UK alone. Firms being cloned by opportunistic criminals has been a rising trend in recent times. The process follows a similar angle, but can be performed in such a sophisticated way that even the most […]

Broker bankruptcy is quite a stressful time for the investor who has their funds deposited at that broker. Believe me, I’ve been there when it seemed I lost all my money due to broker insolvency! So as usual with questions about finance, what happens if your broker goes bankrupt  depends on a variety of factors. As […]

How often do you see stories about scams? Either I seem to have an eye for finding the stories or it seems to me that they are increasing. Unreputable firms are everywhere, whatever language you may speak or wherever your location may be, they are out to target you. Learning how to identify their phony schemes […]

Regulators of financial services come in all shapes and sizes. Each and every regulator has their own rules and regulations governing firms who are affiliated to them. Knowing your regulator is critical whether you deal in Forex, CFDs, spread betting, commodities, currencies, indices, cryptos, shares or any other form of online trading. In fact, knowledge […]

If you type in the name of any broker or financial product into Google you will be immediately overwhelmed with sites offering you reviews. However, as is often the case on the internet, not everything is always what it seems. This is especially in the case of CFD and forex review sites which in my […]

As my dad always says, ‘it’s easy to be generous with someone else’s money’. Anyone can tell you to invest with an online broker. Whether they invest in it or not is a different matter.   I once had a call from one ‘online commodities trading’ manager asking me if I wanted to make more […]

Imagine being in a world of free money. Now imagine making a tonne of free money and then almost losing the lot. That happened to me back in 2012. When you hear the term ‘free money’ and how you can get it, your instinct [usually correctly] is to say it’s ‘too good to be true’. […]