June 10, 2012guidfarr
Spread Bet on Whitbread Shares It has been a trend in the last decade for large companies to reinvent themselves, sometimes abandoning their previous lines of business in an attempt to pursue a more lucrative future. So it is with Whitbread PLC. Anyone who knew of Whitbread’s business in the 20th, 19th, or even 18th […]
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June 10, 2012guidfarr
Spread Betting on Wolseley Shares Wolseley PLC is an international building materials distribution company, and the largest heating and plumbing distributor in the world. It has nearly 50,000 employees in 25 countries, and is head-quartered near Reading in the UK. It was first incorporated in the 19th century under the name The Wolseley Sheep Shearing […]
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June 10, 2012guidfarr
Spread Bet on WPP plc Shares WPP plc is listed as an advertising agency, and is in reality a holding company for many other firms, such as Ogilvy & Mather in the advertising field, and companies in the government lobbying, consulting, and media investment sectors. Just like Berkshire Hathaway, where billionaire investor Warren Buffett took […]
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June 9, 2012guidfarr
Spread Bet on National Grid Shares National Grid PLC is the company that took over from the long established Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) in distributing electricity around the UK, back in 1990. Originally, the company was set up by the regional electricity companies, but it went public on the stock market in 1995 and […]
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June 9, 2012guidfarr
Spread Betting on Old Mutual Shares Old Mutual plc is an international financial group, established first in 1845 as a mutual insurance company in South Africa. It is quoted on both the London Stock Exchange and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, and has more than 12 million customers. Primarily based on the long-term savings market, Old […]
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June 9, 2012guidfarr
Spread Bet on Pearson Shares | Trade Pearson Everyone knows someone called Pearson, and you may be wondering what is special about a company called Pearson. After all, you probably prefer trading and spread betting on companies that you know. The fact is, however, that you probably know a lot more about Pearson and its […]
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June 9, 2012guidfarr
Spread Bet on Petrofac Shares Petrofac provides services to the energy industry. It was started in 1981, working on a project in Texas, and has since expanded to cover many areas of the world. It is registered in Jersey, with headquarters in London and offices in several other countries. Most of its business is in […]
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June 9, 2012guidfarr
Spread Bet on Polymetal International Shares | Trade Polymetal Polymetal International is in the highly variable and contentious mining field, which should provide many opportunities for profit from the volatility. The company was originally established in 1998 in St. Petersburg, Russia, and it undertakes the whole range of mining tasks from exploration to production. It […]
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June 9, 2012guidfarr
Spread Betting on Prudential Shares There cannot be many people who have not heard of the Prudential Insurance company. It is a British multinational life insurance and financial services company which is headquartered in London. The largest division is however the Asian division which has over 15 million customers in 12 Asian markets. The UK […]
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June 9, 2012guidfarr
Spread Bet on Randgold Resources Shares | Trade Randgold Randgold is a young company centred on mining gold. When gold prices rise, there is a strong indication that the shares will increase in value, too. Since the global economic crisis, there has been continual pressure in the markets to move into physical wealth such as […]
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