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Do investors and CFD brokers have a conflict of interest in contracts for difference?

  A lot goes wrong when investing in CFDs. Our firm has handled more than 60 cases in recent years against foreign providers of CFD investments. The AFM and the Fraud Helpdesk warn about unreliable providers. What exactly is the problem with these investment products? What is a CFD? Many inexperienced investors who get into "contracts for differences" think that a CFD is a type of stock with a buyer and a seller. The seller [...]

Margin calls and swaps in CFDs (contracts for differences)

Those who start investing through a CFD broker often face "margin calls," or obligations to add money, which increase the risks of this form of investing. Margin calls and swaps (charges over holding positions) can cause these investments to evaporate. What are CFDs? Contracts for Differences are not stocks but derivative, indirect investment products. The investor and the counterparty enter into a temporary contract speculating on a price decline or conversely a price increase in [...]

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