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I'm a big fan of spread betting.

The spread betting phenomenon has opened up financial trading to many more people - it makes accessing the markets so fast, simple and - best of all - cheap!

But it does have its detractors - those who dismiss it as "gambling", or as too risky.

In my view, financial spread betting can be explained as no more gambling than other investment. Fortunately, the Chancellor takes a different view, which is why it enjoys its tax-free status!

Of course, there's an argument that if you can make something too cheap and too easy to access - but I'll leave that debate to anyone stocking up on "buy one, get one free" beers at Tesco - That's not to say that we can't all still learn a thing or two about spread betting, so I thought I'd pass on a few points that you really should know if you're a spread better...

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