One issue that Contracts For Difference (CFDs) have been involved with is the lack of transparency when you trade those rather than the shares themselves. Regulators are considering ways in which...

As the name implies, a CFD is a contract between two parties where investors can bet on changes in the price of an underlying share, commodity or index. CFDs are derivatives, so investors don’t...

There will always be some people who point to the risks involved with trading contracts for difference, and decide that anyone who does so is just gambling. These people don’t understand the...