The New Investor's Toolbox

Henry Harington's guide to professional instruments — options, futures, CFDs, spread betting — is technically grounded, written by someone who actually traded at LIFFE and covered markets for the FT. The problem is age and geography: the book is over twenty years old, the UK-specific products (covered warrants, spread betting) have little US relevance, and financial regulations have shifted substantially since publication. Informed investors in the UK at the time would have gotten real value; most readers today will hit too many dead ends.