PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - David Shrimpton
TI  - The Changing World of CFDs
DP  - 2009 Dec 21
TA  - Trading
PG  - 117--119
VI  - 2009
IP  - 1
4099  - http://guides.pm-research.com/content/2009/1/117.short
4100  - http://guides.pm-research.com/content/2009/1/117.full
AB  - In the past few years we have seen a dizzying array of trading products and services emerge in global financial markets, aimed at reducing the cost of exposure to an asset or group of assets. These include contracts for difference (CFDs), exchange traded funds (ETFs), spread bets, binary options, covered warrants, micro options, swaptions and credit derivatives to name but a few. While each product has achieved a degree of success, with some finding favor in the mainstream, arguably the most successful of these has been the CFD. Contracts For Difference (CFDs) have evolved as their use has become more widespread, and developments over the next year, including the launch of the London Stock Exchange's Exchange Traded CFD service, look set to take the product to a new level.