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Worldspreads - Financial spread betting minnow performing well

November 2007

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One of the bizarre side effects of the credit crunch is thatfinancial spread betting volumes are going through the roof on accountof extreme market volatility. TMI favourite IG Group, 386p, is oneplayer making hay but thereâ€™s also an intriguing smaller financial andspread betting firm, Worldspreads (Not FT listed), which slipped ontoAIM almost un-noticed on 1 August at 47p but has recently moved to auseful premium. Worldspreads was founded in 2000 to pioneer the introduction ofspread betting in Ireland and progress has been such that it has nownot only established itself in London but has also broadened its offerinto foreign exchange and futures & options. Clients typically playin the dangerous world of financial spread bett ...

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