Milton Keynes, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/13/2010 -- Vince Stanzione - Protect Your Assets Before the Next Downturn
Multi-millionaire trader, Vince Stanzione, predicts more doom before the next boom. This veteran trader is warning stock market investors that the worst is yet to come and now is the time to start getting out of higher risk stocks and taking less risk. Vince Stanzione warns investors not to get carried away by recent gains and reveals his secrets to cashing in and protecting your assets from market falls.

Multi-millionaire trader, Vince Stanzione, predicts more doom before the next boom. This veteran trader is warning stock market investors that the worst is yet to come and now is the time to start getting out of higher risk stocks and taking less risk. His proprietary trading model calls for a fall of at least 20% in the S&P 500 within the coming weeks with a knock on effect on Global markets and commodities, he is looking for a sharp up move in the US Dollar and Treasury Bonds a view which is not shared by most financial experts. His model also calls for an out and out CRASH in Chinese stocks by the end of 2009 and has sold all of his emerging market exposure.

"Recent moves up in the stock market are nothing more than manufactured short term gains, with much of the summer trading volume coming from zombie penny stocks such as Fannie Mae (FNM), Freddie Mac (FRE), CIT Group (CIT) and Sirius XM Radio (SIRI) being flipped like coins " he continues, " These are not the type of companies that lead a new bull market and these are certainly not being bought by long term investors."

Vince is currently bearish on commodities especially crude oil, copper and aluminum. "The numbers coming out of China don't add up and GDP is being well overstated, without a strong US and Europe, China has no-one to sell to, its domestic market is far slower than reported." " The recent stockpiling of commodities such as copper should not be confused as new demand as most of it is sitting in warehouses and pig farms."

He also predicts a trend of US companies pulling manufacturing out of China and bringing it back to the USA and Europe, "Many will think I am crazy but it's cheaper to manufacture in the USA than China at present and with a lot less red tape, better educated workforce and far better quality end product."

Don't just buy the Bull
Vince Stanzione wants to teach smaller investors the same strategies that professionals use to make money from down or sideways markets.

"If my trading model is correct we are going to have a series of sharp up and down moves, however, overall markets will be lower to flat. The Buy and Hold model is dead. You would have been better off holding Treasury bonds than investing in Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) over the last decade as Warren Buffett struggles to even match the S&P500." Vince Stanzione is currently short Berkshire Hathaway as he bets that Buffett shareholders will not make money for at least the next 5 years.

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Vince Stanzione is a self-made multi-millionaire based in Europe. His path to success began at the age of 16 while working at Nat West Foreign Exchange in London. He quickly worked his way up and then started his own company. He has been involved in various companies including: mobile communications, premium rate telephony, interactive gaming, publishing and television and financial trading. He currently lives most of the year between Spain and Monaco and trades his own funds, mainly in currencies and commodities.

In addition to trading, he also teaches a small number of students and produced the best-selling course on Financial Spread Betting. Vince Stanzione is also the author of "How to Stop Existing & Start Living". He is the Spread Betting Expert for Growth Company Investor and writes a monthly column for The City Magazine, Canary Wharf and Vicinitee Magazine.

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Milton Keynes, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/13/2010 -- A new five year study of financial trading shows that the over 50s are by far the most successful, profitable traders and investors: a full 40% more profitable than their 20-something counterparts, ending the myth that risk and results are the stuff of youth. The research – conducted by financial trading coach and author Vince Stanzione of http://www.fintrader.net – studied the trading of 1000 UK individuals between October 2004 and October 2009, covering bull and bear markets and the volatile 2008/9 markets.

A new five year study of financial trading shows that the over 50s are by far the most successful, profitable traders and investors: a full 40% more profitable than their 20-something counterparts, ending the myth that risk and results are the stuff of youth. The research – conducted by financial trading coach and author Vince Stanzione of http://www.fintrader.net – studied the trading of 1000 UK individuals between October 2004 and October 2009, covering bull and bear markets and the volatile 2008/9 markets.

Stanzione identified 1000 of his students and clients and divided them into three age groups: 18-30, 30-50 and 50+, with equal numbers in each group. He then analysed their performance and returns over the last five years to see which achieved the most return on capital.

Stanzione says: "I've long believed that, in the markets, results come from wisdom, not the hot-headedness of youth. But, even so, I was surprised to see just how well the 'silver surfer' traders fared: the over 50s performed 25% better than the 30-50 group and a staggering 40% better than the 18-30s, who were the least successful of the groups."

Time spent trading was a factor for all three groups. The 18-30s and over 50s spent more time on their portfolios, which may be because the 30-50 group had greater work and family commitments elsewhere. But clearly the over 50s had much greater productivity.

Risk insights also came to light from the research. Stanzione continues: "Another myth that the research busted was that older people are less willing to take risks. The 50+ traders took higher risks for higher returns than the 30-50 group, with a strong appetite for commodities and commodity companies: gold, crude oil and silver
featured highly in their portfolios."

The secret to the difference between youth and age lay in discipline, says Stanzione: "The 18-30s tended to break trading rules and failed to follow systems through. Maybe they had poor attention spans as they would often close out winning trades too soon. Older traders kept better records and managed their money better."

A further myth busted was of internet familiarity. The 18-30s made great use of internet information, charts and chat rooms but so did the over-50s (more than the 30-50s), becoming extremely web savvy and using a wide range of online tools.

Stanzione, himself a successful trader, coach and author of several works – including 'Making Money From Financial Spread Trading' – has seen a sharp surge in 'silver surfer' students in recent months: "Older investors are sick of earning 1% a year and being sucked dry by high management costs for poor advice. In increasing
numbers, they're now learning to trade markets themselves, and doing it very well."

But one theme which is common to all groups is "total distrust of financial advisors and professionals. Clients want to be in control of their own money and investment decisions. The use of Exchange Traded Funds with lower management costs and higher flexibility has ballooned in the last two years and I predict this trend will continue."

Investors and potential traders who wish to learn more about trading financial markets and to get a free copy of
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Notes for editors

About Vince Stanzione
Vince Stanzione is a self-made multi-millionaire based in Europe. Beginning aged 16 at Nat West Foreign Exchange in London, he quickly made his mark and then left to form his own company, since when he has been involved in mobile communications, premium rate telephony, interactive gaming, publishing and television and
financial trading. He currently lives most of the year between Spain and Monaco and trades his own funds, mainly in currencies and commodities. He also teaches a small number of students and produced the best-selling course on Financial Spread Betting.

Vince Stanzione is the author of "How to Stop Existing & Start Living", is the Spread Betting Expert for Growth Company Investor and writes monthly columns for The City Magazine, Canary Wharf and Vicinitee Magazine.

Summary of research results
The research analysed five years' trading results of 1000 UK individuals split evenly into three age-based groups: 18-30, 30-50 and 50+, with the highest age being over 80. The five years ended in October 09 and therefore covered bull and bear markets, the banking collapse of 2008 and the volatile 2008/9 markets.
18-30 group

• Tended to trade often with many day trades
• Highly dependent on internet, charts and chat rooms.
• Tended to break trading rules the most, had a poor discipline at following systems and often closed out winning trades too soon

With large swings in account balances and trading results, this group did the least well of the three. It also traded more Penny shares (under $5 for US and under 50p for UK) and leveraged FX which suggests a striving for quick results with a smaller trading bank than the older groups.30 – 50 group

• Performed better than 18-30s but less well than over 50s
• Least dependency on the internet, of the three groups
• Followed trading systems but less open to learning new skills or trading new products.
• Traded less than the 18-30s and slightly less than the over 50s, which could be related to lack of time.
Overall this group made money and beat the average index fund, trading a mix of products including FX, shares and commodities.

50+ group
• Performed by far the best, making more profit per £1,000 invested: around 40% higher returns than 18-30s and25% higher than 30-50s
• Had become very internet literate in recent years, using many online tools and research, possibly helped byhaving more free time
• Traded less than 18-30s but a little more than 30-50s
• Kept the best records and used good money management

This group was open to taking higher risks than the 30-50 group and was not content with low risk/low returns. It had a strong appetite for trading/investing in commodities and commodities based companies, gold, crude oil and silver featuring highly in trading portfolios.

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Milton Keynes, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/07/2010 -- While China and India get the bulk of attention as B.R.I.C. (Brazil, Russia, India, China) nations, it's Brazil that from my research is showing the most promise and there is much more to Brazil than carnivals, football and sunny beaches.

The first thing to state is that Brazil has a stable government; President Lula da Silva has an 80% approval rating, a level that other world leaders could not dream of. He has been a major force at pulling many out of poverty and building up a Brazilian middle class which is good for the economy. The business environment is friendly to foreign investors and the President has built up good relationships with nations that matter, such as China and the US.

Brazil is rich in Oil and the state still owns the majority of PetroBras (NYSE: PBR) which owns the Tupi oilfield, one of the largest new discoveries in recent years. Whilst oil has come down in recent months it's just a matter of time before prices start moving again and this will bring in billions of dollars to Brazil. The President has also stated he is not interested in exporting oil but would rather export higher margin oil derivatives such as diesel, gasoline (petrol) and petrochemicals.

Other Brazilian resource companies include mining giant Companhia Vale Rio Doce (RIO) which is a leader in Copper, Steel, Coal, Potassium and Nickel. Steel producer Gerdau (GGB) and sugar/ethanol producer Cosan (CZZ) should all benefit from the rise in commodity prices in the coming years.

Although world food prices are off their highs, they remain nearly 30%-50% above their decade averages. Agriculture comprises approximately 8% of the nation's GDP and employs nearly one-fifth of the nation's workforce. Brazil is not just growing food but also processing it, they are the second-leading supplier of poultry in the world, accounting for 38 percent of the market just behind the USA and I expect them to be number one within a few years.

Brazilian banks are generally intact as their balance sheets are free of toxic assets. Banking shares have been sold off but the fundamentals remain unimpaired. Brazil has had plenty of their own banking problems in the past but now they have some of the best capitalized banks in the world.

Banco Itau (NYSE:ITU) is currently merging with Unibanco of Brazil to form Itau Unibanco Holding which will be the largest bank in Brazil and in fact one of the top 20 worldwide. Other leading banks include Banco Bradesco (BBD) and Banco Do Brasil.

So how we can profit from Brazil
One of the easiest ways is buying or spread betting the ishares Brazil Exchange Traded Fund (IBZL) in London or (EWZ) in the US which mirrors the movements of the main Bovespa Index and has 72 Brazilian companies within it. It is heavily weighted to Materials and Energy with PetroBras making up 25% of the Index.

Other ways to trade include covered warrants offered by RBS Markets and Lyxor offers an Exchange Traded fund listed in the UK (LBRZ).

You can also spread bet many of the individual shares mentioned in this article as they are listed in the US and you will find charts and prices on most major financial sites.

Final Thoughts
Brazil is not immune to the global crisis and growth has slowed in 2009, yet it is likely to pull out of a slowdown quicker and more robustly than most other nations. As you can see from the chart the Bovespa has held up far better than the UK FTSE100 or US S&P500 and that divergence leads me to believe that Brazil is in a far better shape than most realize. 2010 is election year in Brazil and President Lula cannot stand again as he has been in power for two terms already, however, I don't see the next president rocking the boat and undoing the good work.

Canada
I have not covered Canada that much in previous editions but it's a market I have followed for some years as I have invested in various Canadian mining stocks. Much of what I said about Brazil also goes for Canada. Of course, Canada is far more of an established market than Brazil, however, like Brazil it has a strong base of natural resources and farming. Some of you may have read that Jim Rogers is involved in buying agricultural land to farm and they chose Canada and Brazil as the areas to invest in. Many have been buying in to the Ukraine which granted has some excellent farmland, however, the stability is still questionable.

Like Brazil the Canadian banks are in excellent shape. A recent list of the world's safest banks had a number of Canadian banks listed in the top 50 unlike its neighbour. Royal Bank of Canada, CIBC, Bank of Montreal and Toronto Dominion are all in good shape. The Canadian Banks never seem to get the same respect as US banks, however, I see that now changing.

So here is my call for the rest of 2009 – The Canadian TSX will outperform the S&P500, so it will either go up more than the S&P500 or fall less.

IG Index offers a spread bet on the Canada 60 which the S&P Canada 60. The Index is 29% Financials, 28% Energy and 18% materials. As well as the banks previously mentioned we have Barrack Gold, Goldcorp, Potash and RIM.

As well as spread bets we also have the Ishares MSCI Canada (EWC) traded in US dollars.

GM Leaving the Dow but who is joining?
General Motors will have to leave the Dow Jones Index, I am surprised it's still in, so who replaces it? The names being thrown up are Google and Apple, I would offer another name and that is Amazon.com a true survivor of the Dot com boom. Amazon is a serious global player selling a lot more than books, and CEO Jeff Bezos is much unrated. Amazon is going from strength to strength.

Another possible name is Monsanto. I hope that Google does not join, whilst Google may be a good service it is past its prime and is finding it hard to turn ideas into cash.

Copper and China
If you were China and holding billions of dollars which you know are being devalued what would you do? Spend them of course, and spend them on things you know you will need in the coming years. I would start buying natural resource companies, Fertilizer, Oil, companies related to Power and Water processing, Agriculture and Food processing, telecommunications and Pharmaceuticals. China has the cash, share prices are depressed and it's a buyers market in most industries. The days of these crazy private equity firms has gone but now state controlled funds such as China and Singapore can buy up stakes with little competition.

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Milton Keynes, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/07/2010 -- SPREAD OVER HEELS COMMODITY trader Vince Stanzione, 34, got fed up making money for his bosses. So now he makes cash for himself gambling on the markets. Penman met him for a brace of Becks to delve into the secrets of financial spread betting. So far, Vince has had a great year. "I've made a lot of money buying the euro and done very well buying gold," he said.

Vince Stanzione interview by Andrew Penman Daily Mirror: But it's not always like this. "I was betting on the markets going down and there was a surprise interest rate cut," he said. "I went from being £30,000 up to £10,000 down in the blink of an eye." Vince hopes to make extra cash selling his know-how.

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Milton Keynes, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/06/2010 -- Author: Laura Miller. Advisers should tell clients to get their money out of the pound before the currency collapses, urges a former City broker.

Millionaire speculator Vince Stanzione says after the tragic decline of the Greek economy, analysts are looking to see which currency is next in line to fall, and the pound is "the ugliest of an ugly bunch".

Speaking from his house in Spain, Stanzione says: "If you're an adviser start telling your clients not to have all their investments in pounds.

"The pound is in trouble. It hasn't been in great shape for a while. The dollar is not great, the Euro is not great, but the pound is still the weakest, the ugliest of an ugly bunch."

Stanzione, who lost his fortune in the 1987 stock market crash but regained it by investing in mobile phones and financial services, will lead a Global Financial Trading conference in London next month, alongside Swiss contrarian investor Dr Marc Faber, and George Soros' former business partner, billionaire Jim Rogers.

He says UK advisers who believe their clients' money is fine because the pound is a perennially-safe currency are mistaken, and they need to diversify.

"Most advisers are still not putting money into harder assets. I'm not saying move everything but diversify into currencies from commodity producing countries and you will at least be investing into something based on tangibles."

The UK has sold all of its valuable assets, leaving very little to invest in, he says.

"BP, for example, used to be state-owned. Now Britain doesn't own a single share in BP. All it has is debt."


For Stanzione the logic is simply get out of what is weak and buy into what is strong.
"Look at what the strong countries are doing," he says. "The Canadian dollar is strong because the country engaged in sensible lending and has a lot of natural resources.

"Also Norway, as the Norwegian government owns 67% of oil company Statoil, and Brazil, where the Brazilian government owns 55.7% of state-oil business Petrobras' common shares with voting rights."

The Global Trading Day seminar will be held on 19 March in Westminster, central London.

Vince Stanzione is a self made multi-millionaire based in Europe. Started at a junior at the age of 16 for Nat West Foreign Exchange in London he worked his way up in before leaving to start up his company. He has been involved in various companies including mobile communications, premium rate telephony, Interactive gaming, publishing and television and financial trading. He now lives most of the year between Spain and Monaco and trades his own funds mainly in currencies and commodities. As well as trading he also teaches a small number of students and produced the best selling course on Financial Spread Betting. He is also the author of "How to Stop Existing & Start Living" To find out more go to http://www.fintrader.net

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Milton Keynes, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/07/2010 -- If you want to try your hand at making money from the stock market, there are no guarantees, but you can improve your chances of success by learning from the experts.

Millionaire Vince Stanzione made his fortune by spread betting on the stock-market and turning an ability to predict trends into a successful trading system, and he insists that he can teach others to do the same with his product Ten Top Trading Tips The Professionals Don't Tell.

He said: "You don't have to be an experienced investor or a high flyer. Anyone who has been in business, or been involved in any form of buying and selling, can learn how to do it.

"The key lies in working to a system, being disciplined, and identifying the money you invest as risk money, which enables you to detach yourself from the market highs and lows and any gains and losses."

Even up the odds
It would be difficult to deny that, here in the UK, we enjoy a flutter. Betting on horses, dogs, football and other major sporting events has been a long-standing hobby for generations. And, while it can be argued that the financial markets have always been a gamblers paradise, over the past 30 years they have become an attractive marketplace for speculation.

The idea of using spread betting techniques to gain exposure to the stock market, without having to take on the full risks of doing so, has for some time been growing in popularity. Financial spread betting dates back to 1974 when the IG Index was created to enable investors to trade the price of gold without incurring hefty premiums through the exchange controls applied if the actual metal itself was bought.

When it first hit the UK, financial spread betting was popular among institutional investors, city traders and high-rollers, but the process is now beginning to reach more widely and is used effectively even by smaller investors, particularly as a hedging tool to profit from falling markets.

Tony Celentano, head of sales and business development at E*Trade, points out that 'A wide range of investors will use spread betting for hedging purposes. If they have, for example, a basket of FTSE 100 stocks or equities, spread betting can be a very cost-effective way of hedging that portfolio because there are no commission charges and also very low set-up fees.'

Comparing like with like
When it comes to the actual mechanics of spread betting, the easiest way to explain it is by making a contrast with traditional betting. For example, if you place a £10 bet on a horse at 6-1 and your prediction proves correct (the horse wins), you would then win your original stake multiplied by the odds (£70). However, if your horse loses, then you forfeit your original £10 bet.

Spread betting is different in that you do not actually have to predict the exact result and the odds are not fixed. However, it can unfortunately result in very large losses, so it is essential that those who are new to spread betting do their homework and start small, betting only with money that they can afford to lose.

'Investors who choose to go down the spread-betting route must be very disciplined', adds Celentano. 'After all, it is a leveraged product. On going into any trade, all investors should always be working to a strategy. This could be based on pricing, fundamentals or risk exposure. Investors must also have their entry and exit levels in mind.'

Financial spread betting works primarily by predicting how financial market indices will react on a given day. For example, say you want to bet on the FTSE 100, which is currently trading at 6,150. You are given a spread of 6,140 to 6,151 by a market-maker.

If you believe that the FTSE 100 will rise higher than 6,151, you then place an 'up' or 'buy' bet, placing a certain amount per point. Let us say you bet £10. If you are correct and the FTSE 100 rises to 6,225, you would make £740 (6225 minus 6151 = 74 points). However, if you were wrong and the FTSE 100 actually fell to 6,100, you would then have lost £510.

Strategic investing
When looking at the pros and cons of spread betting, investors tend to compare it with investing in shares, often coming to the conclusion that the latter is more ethically acceptable simply because spread betting has 'down-market' connotations.

Investors buy shares in a company because they believe that the price will rise over a period of time, resulting in them making a profit – hopefully a large one. What some fail to realise, however, is that spread betting is formed of exactly the same strategy, with the main difference being the reduced cost of trading shares as opposed to buying them.

But the main advantage of trading is the tax benefits. Because spread betting falls within the UK's gaming laws, the 'winnings' are exempt from capital gains tax (CGT) and investors also benefit from not having to pay the 0.5 per cent stamp duty that they would otherwise have to pay with share transactions.

James Daly, investor centre representative at TD Waterhouse says, 'Spread betting is a far more cost-effective option than buying shares. Making money, particularly in the present climate is hard enough.'

Margin trading
Another advantage, which also applies to contracts for difference (CFDs, see page 16), is the ability for investors to trade on margin – a particularly useful tool for those who have limited capital. This basically means that by trading shares you have the potential of far greater returns, and, of course, far greater losses, than if you were to instead buy shares.

Spread betting firms allow you to place a bet with a deposit that is known as the initial margin. The exact size of this margin depends on the type of asset you have chosen to bet on, but it usually works out at around ten per cent.

Daly explains, 'This process is very similar to buying a house using a mortgage loan. In the worst-case scenario, your investment could go down to zero, but the whole mortgage would still be outstanding, not just the deposit that you originally put down when buying the house.'

He adds, 'If you are trading BP shares at £3 per point, in terms of exposure, that would be the equivalent of buying 300 shares of BP. Normally that deal, not including any extra charges, would cost you £1,800. As a trader, in order to take out that position, you would only have to put down five or ten per cent of that. If you put down £180, the shares would only have to go down by 60p for you to lose your initial deposit or more. Similarly they could rise and you would make a profit.'

Limiting losses
Many people are put off spread betting because of the large potential losses. However, there are ways to become an active spread better without any of the sleepless nights.

James Parker, head of spread betting at ODL Securities, says, 'An investor can place a guaranteed stop-loss on their trade so that if the market goes against them, they would have no further exposure beyond that particular level. About 70 per cent of our traders use a guaranteed stop loss.'

Trading veteran Vince Stanzione points out that a good trader does not necessarily need to make money every single time. 'You could get 80 per cent of your trades wrong and still make money. Let's say you lose £100 on eight trades and then make £500 on two trades, you are still in profit. However sure you are that the market will crash or XYZ is going to soar, make your first trade a small one, and then, if you are correct, add more to that trade.'

Spread betting can be a very addictive form of investing, both for losing traders who want to get even and winning traders that are on a roll, so it is important that, from the outset, investors know when to cut their losses.

'Trading comes down to psychology: everyone wants to win and nobody likes to be wrong. Most unsuccessful traders take profits quickly while letting losing trades run and run hoping things will improve. Traders can spend too much time planning, when in fact they should spend much more time on the exit strategy and how much they are going to trade,' says Stanzione.

Following the trend
In volatile markets, such as we are currently experiencing, prices can vary widely on a daily basis, an unnerving prospect for many ordinary share investors. But spread betting thrives in this environment and the more the markets move, the more money can be made. According to Parker, 'Spread betters look for quite sudden, sharp movements and we are seeing that in markets at the moment.'

The recent market turmoil has seen many trends come and go, with gold being one commodity that has dominated many a headline. Spread betting is a very diverse investment strategy, and Stanzione believes that the best trades are trends where a trade is entered long or short and is left to run with the trend.

He enthuses, 'Some of the best times to buy are when the crowd is terrified and there is blood on the streets. Markets go down because of lack of buyers. For a bull market to continue you need new money to keep the party going. If everyone is bullish on the market, then it has no other way to go but down as everyone that wanted to buy has already done so.'

There is another way…
The possibilities facing the spread better are vast, and the newest addition to this form of investing is binary betting. This is similar to a fixed-odds bet, but where odds are quoted on a scale between zero and 100 rather than in a fraction such as 2-1.

Let us take the FTSE again as an example. You have noticed that the FTSE has fallen, but think it may rise later in the day. The binary price for the FTSE to rise before the markets close is trading at 33 to 48. If you think that the FTSE will finish up at the end of the day, then you buy at 48 for a certain amount per point, let's say £10. Conversely, if you think that it will finish down then sell at 38.

Your profits are calculated by taking the closing price minus the opening price multiplied by the size of your bet per point. In the instance that you placed a £10 per point bet on the FTSE rising before close – if you were correct then you would win £520 (100 minus 43 multiplied by £10 = £520). However, if the FTSE finished down then your losses would be £480.

Arguably, one of the key advantages to using binary betting over established forms of spread betting is that it gives you the opportunity to take advantage of non-volatile markets, as well as those that are frequently rising and falling.

With spread betting, your potential profits can be restricted if there is a lack of movement in the underlying market. By diversifying your trading strategies and opting for binary betting during these quiet periods, you could add to your winnings.

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Milton Keynes, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/30/2010 -- Vince Stanzione - A new six year study of financial trading shows that the over 50s are by far the most successful, profitable traders and investors: a full 40% more profitable than their 20-something counterparts, ending the myth that risk and results are the stuff of youth. The research – conducted by financial trading coach and author Vince Stanzione of http://www.fintrader.net – studied the trading of 1000 UK individuals between October 2004 and October 2010, covering bull and bear markets and the volatile 2008/9 markets.

The research analysed five years' trading results of 1000 UK individuals split evenly into three age-based groups: 18-30, 30-50 and 50+, with the highest age being over 80. The five years ended in October 09 and therefore covered bull and bear markets, the banking collapse of 2008 and the volatile 2008/9 markets.

18-30 group: Tended to trade often with many day trades; Highly dependent on internet, charts and chat rooms and; Tended to break trading rules the most, had a poor discipline at following systems and often closed out winning trades too soon

With large swings in account balances and trading results, this group did the least well of the three. It also traded more Penny shares (under $5 for US and under 50p for UK) and leveraged FX which suggests a striving for quick results with a smaller trading bank than the older groups.

30 – 50 group. Performed better than 18-30s but less well than over 50s. Least dependency on the internet, of the three groups. Followed trading systems but less open to learning new skills or trading new products. Traded less than the 18-30s and slightly less than the over 50s, which could be related to lack of time.

Overall this group made money and beat the average index fund, trading a mix of products including FX, shares and commodities.

50+ group. Performed by far the best, making more profit per £1,000 invested: around 40% higher returns than 18-30s and 25% higher than 30-50s. Had become very internet literate in recent years, using many online tools and research, possibly helped by having more free time. Traded less than 18-30s but a little more than 30-50s.

Kept the best records and used good money management

This group was open to taking higher risks than the 30-50 group and was not content with low risk/low returns. It had a strong appetite for trading/investing in commodities and commodities based companies, gold, crude oil and silver featuring highly in trading portfolios.

Stanzione identified 1000 of his students and clients and divided them into three age groups: 18-30, 30-50 and 50+, with equal numbers in each group. He then analysed their performance and returns over the last five years to see which achieved the most return on capital.

Stanzione says: "I've long believed that, in the markets, results come from wisdom, not the hot-headedness of youth. But, even so, I was surprised to see just how well the 'silver surfer' traders fared: the over 50s performed 25% better than the 30-50 group and a staggering 40% better than the 18-30s, who were the least successful of the groups."

Time spent trading was a factor for all three groups. The 18-30s and over 50s spent more time on their portfolios, which may be because the 30-50 group had greater work and family commitments elsewhere. But clearly the over 50s had much greater productivity.

Risk insights also came to light from the research. Stanzione continues: "Another myth that the research busted was that older people are less willing to take risks. The 50+ traders took higher risks for higher returns than the 30-50 group, with a strong appetite for commodities and commodity companies: gold, crude oil and silver featured highly in their portfolios."

The secret to the difference between youth and age lay in discipline, says Stanzione: "The 18-30s tended to break trading rules and failed to follow systems through. Maybe they had poor attention spans as they would often close out winning trades too soon. Older traders kept better records and managed their money better."

A further myth busted was of internet familiarity. The 18-30s made great use of internet information, charts and chat rooms but so did the over-50s (more than the 30-50s), becoming extremely web savvy and using a wide range of online tools.

Stanzione, himself a successful trader, coach and author of several works – including 'How to Stop Existing & Start Living' – has seen a sharp surge in 'silver surfer' students in recent months: "Older investors are sick of earning 1% a year and being sucked dry by high management costs for poor advice. In increasing numbers, they're now learning to trade markets themselves, and doing it very well."

But one theme which is common to all groups is "total distrust of financial advisors and professionals. Clients want to be in control of their own money and investment decisions. The use of Exchange Traded Funds with lower management costs and higher flexibility has ballooned in the last two years and I predict this trend will continue."

Investors and potential traders who wish to learn more about trading financial markets and to get a free copy of 10 top trading tips from a trading veteran should visit http://www.fintrader.net .

For further information, please contact Sally Hamilton-Jones Tel: +44 7712 651 777 Email: media@fintrader.net Website: http://www.fintrader.net

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Vince Stanzione: While many commentators have focused on the massive rebound in global stock markets since the 2009 lows, the spectacular rise in the prices of industrial metals has been overlooked

Milton Keynes, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/22/2010 -- Vince Stanzione: While many commentators have focused on the massive rebound in global stock markets since the 2009 lows, the spectacular rise in the prices of industrial metals has been overlooked

The main industrial metals I'd like to draw attention to are copper, nickel, aluminium and zinc, with copper, which has rebounded by more than 165 per cent in just over 12 months, being my main focus.

Hot metals show cooling signs
Firstly, copper is not that rare, with 88 per cent of the supply mined and 12 per cent made up from scrap recycling. Copper is mined around the world, with America mining 41 per cent of the supply, closely followed by Asia with 31 per cent. The biggest consumer is still the building trade, accounting for 48 per cent, then engineering with 24 per cent and electrical with 17 per cent. The price of copper can be used as a barometer for the health of global industry.

As you can see from the graph of copper (I am using the NYMEX listing not the LME), the price topped at $4.00 per lb then crashed down to $1.40 before a great comeback in 2009 and then making what I believe is a top in March 2010 at $3.70. Vince Stanzione, Vince Stanzione Forex, Finbets tags.

The bounce-back in copper has more to do with speculation and cheap financing than just a rebounding economy. Agreed, China and the emerging markets are consuming copper, but it is questionable how much is being consumed and how much is being stored in warehouses by speculators.

The 5 Year LME Copper Warehouse Stocks figures show that copper in storage is near a five-year high, so there is certainly no shortage of the metal. I also see world production exceeding demand in 2010, so there will be no need to draw down supplies; and while the earthquake in Chile did cause some temporary disruption to copper mining, I do not see this being significant.

So while I don't see Copper going back down to $1.50, I can see no justification for a price anywhere near $3.70. In fact, an average price of $2.50 to $2.75 is what I am looking for, somewhere towards the end of 2010 or by the first quarter of 2011. A stronger US dollar and a reduction of speculation and storing copper will help to get the price back down.

Among other industrial metals, aluminium is also well supplied, if not over-supplied, as is zinc and nickel. Again, with all three, you have to question how much of the demand is speculation and how much is consumption.

The Short Industrial Metals exchange-traded fund (LSE: SIME) offers you a way to profit from falling prices. It's an inverse ETF, so as prices drop the ETF goes up. Over the past 12 months, it has been down because the metals have been up.

The ETF is made up of aluminium 36 per cent, copper 35 per cent, zinc 15 per cent and nickel 14 per cent. You can buy it via any online broker, and some spread betting companies will allow a spread bet. I suggest going for a December contact. You can also short the individual metals, for example, using the Short Copper ETF (LSE: SCOP).

Brazil's bearish signs
As regular readers will know, I have been very bullish on Brazil, and since the March 2009 lows, the Bovespa has bounced by over 90 per cent.

While the story for Brazil remains intact, I really don't see much upside for the next six to eight months. Therefore, I have closed out all my exposure to Brazil and will look at buying back, hopefully at lower levels.

When the media starts to talk more about investing in the BRIC nations/economies and new funds are launched to allow smaller retail clients to participate, for me, that is a sign to be cautious.

Remember, Brazil is very closely tied to commodities and its new best friend, China. Slowdowns in China are very quickly felt in exports of grains, metals and fertiliser. If you look at a chart of metals giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (NYSE:VALE), you will see it looks very similar to the Bovespa index.

Vince Stanzione has produced a home-study course to teach private investors how to benefit from trading financial spread bets and fixed odds. For more details, visit http://www.fintrader.net

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Milton Keynes, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/22/2010 -- Vince Stanzione's Spread betting: Commodities are no one-way bet – merely buying and holding a commodity exchange-traded fund (ETF) will provide you with disappointing returns. However, with some canny management and switching, you can seriously enhance your returns

Vince Stanzione first turned bullish on commodities in 2000, at a time when the only other person talking about them was renowned investor Jim Rogers. The media, with the exception of the odd gold and oil quote, hardly covered them.

Today, everyone knows that China needs commodities, so they must be a sure bet, right? Well, my 24 years of investing experience tells me that when everyone 'knows' anything, then they are normally wrong. After all, a decade ago when I was buying commodities, the public were chasing dotcom shares.

No one-way bet
While, overall, I still like the idea of having exposure to hard assets, the problem is that, unless you can physically store your own commodities, you're not really buying a hard asset, just another piece of paper.

So while commodity exchange-traded funds and futures (spread bets) provide short-term speculative tools – months, not years – which I have no problem in using to go long or short, the overall long-term picture on investing in commodities is cloudy, and most investors will be disappointed with the returns from investing in commodity ETFs.

The solution, therefore, should be a managed one, whereby you trade commodities both long and short and at times just stay out. Also, many people don't realise that when they invest in commodities they are also making a currency bet on the US dollar, which remains the official commodity settlement currency. Needless to say, recent dollar strength has done commodity buyers no favours.

The 80/20 rule
I am mindful of the old 80/20 rule, which tells us that 80 per cent of the gains posted by a commodity occur within 20 per cent of the time. For example, coffee could do nothing for months on end, then make a big move over two or three months. I am not recommending day trading commodities, as that is a mug's game. However, the 'buy and hold' only model is also questionable.

Take sugar as an example. If you had bought the sugar ETF when it was first launched in the UK in 2006 and just held it, you would have lost 26 per cent. Whereas with a simple managed solution, being long, short and out of sugar, you would have enjoyed a return of well over 100 per cent during the same period.

If you had bought the Rogers Raw Materials ETF (NYSE:RJI) when it was first launched in October 2007 at $10, you would now be sitting on a loss of more than 35 per cent, and I think you would have to wait for some years from now just to break even. Using a simple 'buy-above, sell-below' a 200-day moving average, while not perfect, you would have done far better.

As mentioned in previous columns, I have built up a sizeable short position in copper and other industrial metals, since I question the GDP numbers coming out of China. I have also built up on the Short All Commodities ETF (LSE:SALL), which, as its name implies, makes me short a basket of 19 commodities that forms
the DJUBS commodity index. So far this year, the SALL is up 12 per cent.

Gold, which remains in a long-term bull market, is the bright spot in commodities at present. Seasonally, gold weakens over the summer and then starts picking up again as we go into September.

One advantage of gold, silver, platinum and palladium is that even the small investor can take delivery and store physical bars or coins. Of course, you have to pay a premium to take delivery, but at least you know where you stand.

You can buy an ETF, but be very careful who the counterparty is and ask yourself, do they actually have any physical metal? Among the most respected metals ETFs are those issued by Swiss bank ZKB, which has an AAA credit rating and backs everything with actual Swiss vault-held metals.

Vince Stanzione has produced a home-study course to teach private investors how to benefit from trading financial spread bets and fixed odds. For more details, visit http:/www.fintrader.net

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Milton Keynes, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/12/2010 -- Vince Stanzione - New research – A new six year study of financial trading shows that the over 50s are by far the most successful, profitable traders and investors: a full 40% more profitable than their 20-something counterparts, ending the myth that risk and results are the stuff of youth. The research – conducted by financial trading coach and author Vince Stanzione of www.fintrader.net – studied the trading of 1000 UK individuals between October 2004 and October 2010, covering bull and bear markets and the volatile 2008/9 markets.

Stanzione identified 1000 of his students and clients and divided them into three age groups: 18-30, 30-50 and 50+, with equal numbers in each group. He then analysed their performance and returns over the last five years to see which achieved the most return on capital.

Stanzione says: "I've long believed that, in the markets, results come from wisdom, not the hot-headedness of youth. But, even so, I was surprised to see just how well the 'silver surfer' traders fared: the over 50s performed 25% better than the 30-50 group and a staggering 40% better than the 18-30s, who were the least successful of the groups."

Time spent trading was a factor for all three groups. The 18-30s and over 50s spent more time on their portfolios, which may be because the 30-50 group had greater work and family commitments elsewhere. But clearly the over 50s had much greater productivity.

Risk insights also came to light from the research. Stanzione continues: "Another myth that the research busted was that older people are less willing to take risks. The 50+ traders took higher risks for higher returns than the 30-50 group, with a strong appetite for commodities and commodity companies: gold, crude oil and silver featured highly in their portfolios."

The secret to the difference between youth and age lay in discipline, says Stanzione: "The 18-30s tended to break trading rules and failed to follow systems through.

Maybe they had poor attention spans as they would often close out winning trades too soon. Older traders kept better records and managed their money better."

A further myth busted was of internet familiarity. The 18-30s made great use of internet information, charts and chat rooms but so did the over-50s (more than the 30-50s), becoming extremely web savvy and using a wide range of online tools.

Stanzione, himself a successful trader, coach and author of several works – including 'How to Stop Existing & Start Living' – has seen a sharp surge in 'silver surfer' students in recent months: "Older investors are sick of earning 1% a year and being sucked dry by high management costs for poor advice. In increasing numbers, they're now learning to trade markets themselves, and doing it very well."

But one theme which is common to all groups is "total distrust of financial advisors and professionals. Clients want to be in control of their own money and investment decisions. The use of Exchange Traded Funds with lower management costs and higher flexibility has ballooned in the last two years and I predict this trend will continue."

Investors and potential traders who wish to learn more about trading financial markets and to get a free copy of 10 top trading tips from a trading veteran should visit http://www.fintrader.net .

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About "Vince Stanzione"
Vince Stanzione is a self-made multi-millionaire based in Europe. Beginning aged 16 at Nat West Foreign Exchange in London, he quickly made his mark and then left to form his own company, since when he has been involved in mobile communications, premium rate telephony, interactive gaming, publishing and television and financial trading. He currently lives most of the year between Spain and Monaco and trades his own funds, mainly in currencies and commodities. He also teaches a small number of students and produced the best-selling course on Financial Spread Betting.

Vince Stanzione is the author of "How to Stop Existing & Start Living", is the Spread Betting Expert for Growth Company Investor and writes monthly columns for The City Magazine, Canary Wharf and Vicinitee Magazine.

Summary of research results
The research analysed five years' trading results of 1000 UK individuals split evenly into three age-based groups: 18-30, 30-50 and 50+, with the highest age being over 80. The five years ended in October 09 and therefore covered bull and bear markets, the banking collapse of 2008 and the volatile 2008/9 markets.

18-30 group. Tended to trade often with many day trades . Highly dependent on internet, charts and chat rooms.Tended to break trading rules the most, had a poor discipline at following systems and often closed out winning trades too soon

With large swings in account balances and trading results, this group did the least well of the three. It also traded more Penny shares (under $5 for US and under 50p for UK) and leveraged FX which suggests a striving for quick results with a smaller trading bank than the older groups.

30 – 50 group.Performed better than 18-30s but less well than over 50s.Least dependency on the internet, of the three groups.Followed trading systems but less open to learning new skills or trading new products.Traded less than the 18-30s and slightly less than the over 50s, which could be related to lack of time.

Overall this group made money and beat the average index fund, trading a mix of products including FX, shares and commodities.

50+ group.Performed by far the best, making more profit per £1,000 invested: around 40% higher returns than 18-30s and 25% higher than 30-50s.Had become very internet literate in recent years, using many online tools and research, possibly helped by having more free time.Traded less than 18-30s but a little more than 30-50s.Kept the best records and used good money management

This group was open to taking higher risks than the 30-50 group and was not content with low risk/low returns. It had a strong appetite for trading/investing in commodities and commodities based companies, gold, crude oil and silver featuring highly in trading portfolios.

For further information, please contact

Sally Hamilton-Jones, Tel: +44 7712 651 777, Email: media@fintrader.net, Website: http://www.fintrader.net

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Milton Keynes, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/12/2010 -- Press Dispensary - Personal investors in the 50+ age group are en masse telling their pin-striped city advisors "you're fired" and taking on their portfolios themselves. This is the headline finding of the 2010 fintrader.net (http://www.vincestanzione.com/) annual investor survey. And the reason for their revolt? Too many years of near-zero returns and a growing confidence that they can do better on their own.

"The number of 50+ investors who are shouldering their own risks is notably on the rise."

Vince Stanzione, Stanzione Forex, Finbets - The findings of the survey, now in its sixth year, were unveiled today by financial trading coach and author Vince Stanzione, of fintrader.net, who has been teaching private investors to trade for more than 13 years and has seen a massive surge in new students from the 50+ age group over the last 12 months.

"The biggest trend I've seen this year is a move by the over 50s away from advisors and their high fees towards self-managed investments, with an appetite for higher risk strategies," says Stanzione. "The number of 50+ investors who are shouldering their own risks is notably on the rise."

"I'm teaching investors how to profit from both bull and bear markets across the globe and not just focus on the FTSE100 or S&P500."

Vince Stanzione, Stanzione Forex, Finbets - Fintrader.net reported a year ago that, in Financial Spread Betting, the over 50s are by far the most successful, profitable traders and investors. Its five year survey divided 1000 investors into three age-based groups, with the 50+ group performing 25% better than the 30-50 group and a full 40% better than the 18-30 group, busting the myth that risk and results are the stuff of youth.

The 50+ success was partly because older investors took more calculated risks for higher returns than the 30-50 group, often favouring commodities and commodity companies, notably in gold, crude oil and silver.

"Our 2010 results reinforce what we discovered in 2009," reports Stanzione, "but the change over the last year is the increasing number of over 50s coming into the self-managed market.

Vince Stanzione has produced a home-study course to teach private investors how to benefit from trading financial spread bets and fixed odds. For more details, visit http://www.vincestanzione.com/

Vince Stanzione is a self made multi-millionaire based in Europe. Started at a junior at the age of 16 for Nat West Foreign Exchange in London he worked his way up in before leaving to start up his company. He has been involved in various companies including mobile communications, premium rate telephony, Interactive gaming, publishing and television and financial trading. He now lives most of the year between Spain and Monaco and trades his own funds mainly in currencies and commodities. As well as trading he also teaches a small number of students and produced the best selling course on Financial Spread Betting. He is also the author of "How to Stop Existing & Start Living" to learm more go to http://www.vincestanzione.com/

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Milton Keynes, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/12/2010 -- Marc Faber Vince Stanzione and Jim Rogers on the Global Financial trading day 19 March 2010. In a joint seminar Dr Marc Faber and Jim Rogers join Forex expert and trader "Vince Stanzione" during the Global Financial trading day in London UK on 19th March 2010 , each tells the audience its secret trades and skills wealth preservation and ways to make more profit Marc Faber in particular explains how he ended up in Asia and how he was lucky t witness during all these years the tremendous changes that have occurred in Asia in just 20 years ....

Dr Marc Faber was born in Zurich, Switzerland. He went to school in Geneva and Zurich and finished high school with the Matura. He studied Economics at the University of Zurich and, at the age of 24, obtained a PhD in Economics magna cum laude. Vince Stanzione, Vince Stanzione Forex, Finbets

Between 1970 and 1978, Dr Faber worked for White Weld & Company Limited in New York, Zurich and Hong Kong.

Since 1973, he has lived in Hong Kong. From 1978 to February 1990, he was the Managing Director of Drexel Burnham Lambert (HK) Ltd. In June 1990, he set up his own business, MARC FABER LIMITED which acts as an investment advisor and fund manager.

Dr Faber publishes a widely read monthly investment newsletter "The Gloom Boom & Doom Report" report which highlights unusual investment opportunities, and is the author of several books including " TOMORROW'S GOLD – Asia's Age of Discovery" which was first published in 2002 and highlights future investment opportunities around the world. " TOMORROW'S GOLD " was for several weeks on Amazon's best seller list and is being translated into Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai and German. Dr. Faber is also a regular contributor to several leading financial publications around the world.

Dr. Marc Faber also known as Dr Doom is an investment adviser, investment analyst and fund manager author and publisher of the Gloom Boom & Doom Report ,and the author of "Tomorrows Gold" . Dr Faber is known for his contrarian investment approach. Dr Marc Faber is associated with a variety of funds and is a member of the Board of Directors of numerous companies.

In 1987 he warned his clients to cash out before Black Monday on Wall Street. He made them handsome profits by forecasting the burst in the Japanese Bubble in 1990.

He correctly predicted the collapse in US gaming stocks in 1993; and he foresaw the Asia-Pacific financial crisis of 1997/98 and the resulting global volatility. Dr Doom motto is "Follow the course opposite to custom and you will almost be right"

Mr. Faber is also the author of several books, including Tomorrow's Gold – Asia's Age of Discovery, and is a director of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. , a mining firm focused on the Asia Pacific region. He is also an adviser to a number of private investment funds.

Vince Stanzione is a self made multi-millionaire based in Europe. Started at a junior at the age of 16 for Nat West Foreign Exchange in London he worked his way up in before leaving to start up his company. He has been involved in various companies including mobile communications, premium rate telephony, Interactive gaming, publishing and television and financial trading. He now lives most of the year between Spain and Monaco and trades his own funds mainly in currencies and commodities. As well as trading he also teaches a small number of students and produced the best selling course on Financial Spread Betting. He is also the author of "How to Stop Existing & Start Living" to learm more go to http://www.fintrader.net

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Milton Keynes, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/06/2010 -- For many, investing in the stock market during 2008 was a year to forget and you hardly need reminding about what a mess the financial global economy is in. Shares continue to drop, sterling is falling, house prices are falling the only things going up are those that you would rather not, such as unemployment and heating costs.

So based on this backdrop how can one man be up well over 300% in the less than a year on his investments and more importantly how did he do it and how can learn same?

Vince Stanzione is a self –made millionaire, in fact he's been his own boss since the age of 16! In this interview he talks about how he made a career and subsequent fortune from spread-betting, the development of his own, easy to operate financial trading system, and strategies on how you too can make millions of pounds working from home.

Vince Stanzione is 38 years old with millions in the bank, houses all over the world (although he spends most of his time in Mallorca), and the dream job…working in the comfort of his own home. And we're not talking, slaving away for hours, a few minutes each day monitoring and analyzing the worlds indices is enough to keep his profits ticking over.

So how did Vince Stanzione profit? Whilst many are conditioned into buying shares and wanting things to go up, Vince works on making money regardless of prices moving up, down or even staying in a range. His profits in 2008 mainly came from buying Inverse Exchange Traded Funds, Short selling and buying put options, all perfectly legal and for those in the know easily accessible online. You don't need to be a multi millionaire to use these techniques; Vince shows how a modest £3,000 account can be used to access the same financial tools.

"When people find out that I am a professional trader/investor the next question tends to be, 'what's a good share to buy?' nobody ever says 'what's a good share to SELL short'"

Millionaire Traders sell short. They make money in down markets. The best traders make money going up and going down. Selling short seems to always get bad press. To make money in a down market is supposedly unethical to many. Nonsense, the market rules say you can go long and go short. Why would you not want to use all the tools at your disposal?

Of course not all his money was made from trades going down; Vince invested heavily in Consumer Staples shares such as McDonalds, Walmart and Anheuser Bush better known for its Budweiser beer which was recently taken over by Inbev making him a profit of over £150,000. In 2009 he is looking for shares in McDonalds to hit all time highs as consumers trade down, he is also making investments in companies that produce products for home label brands. He remains negative on many retailers including Marks & Spencer which expects to announce a string of profit warnings in 2009. "M&S is a good times company that struggles to adapt in a weaker economy" he is looking for shares to make new lows in the first half of the year.

Whilst negative on most industral commodities for 2009 he does still like Gold and believes owning Gold is a must have in anyone's portfolio.

Sharing Vince Stanzione's Spread Betting Secrets. Whilst the Internet is full of information on trading, most of it is out of date or simply does not work in the real world, this prompeted Vince to launch his workbook teaching people how to make money from spreadbetting. Vince's workbooks have already helped hundreds of people to trade successfully and the testimonials speak for themselves.

The workbook which consits of a 200 page folder with step by step instructions on how to start trading, also comes with 2 FREE DVD's and a CD-ROM to assist you and provide you with an insight into his live trading account and commentary on the markets. To find out more about his workbook you can log on to http://www.fintrader.net

Vince Stanzione is a self made multi-millionaire based in Europe. Started at a junior at the age of 16 for Nat West Foreign Exchange in London he worked his way up in before leaving to start up his company. He has been involved in various companies including mobile communications, premium rate telephony, Interactive gaming, publishing and television and financial trading. He now lives most of the year between Spain and Monaco and trades his own funds mainly in currencies and commodities. As well as trading he also teaches a small number of students and produced the best selling course on Financial Spread Betting. He is also the author of "How to Stop Existing & Start Living" To fine out more go to http://www.fintrader.net

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