From: M Holmes 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Help with Spread Betting - Halifax report House price falls in August of 0.6 %
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 17:01:11 +0000 (UTC)

sam1967@hetnet.nl wrote:

> OK Folks it is time to put my money where my (big) mouth is . The
> Halifax today reported house price falls of 0.6 % in August,

> Which Spread betting firm is based on the Halifax figures and I will
> gamble some money and you can monitor my fortunes.

Remember that you have to bet against others. They may already be
betting on falls, and you have to decide then whether to bet on larger
or smaller falls than they are. The bet isn't necessarily whether the
price goes up and down from here.

FoFP




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