hi Peter,

    I'm from Belgium and so far we still can buy etf's such as gdx , jo, spy over here - however on another blog there was a norwegian guy having the same problem in his country. On top of that he also had an account in Holland where he couldn't buy those either.  I have an account in Holland as well as they told me the same thing - no nugt - no jo - no spy 

    a friend of mine here in Belgium has an account with IB in England and told me he still could buy them there - this is about 2 weeks ago 

    so that might be a solution - check with IB ????? 

    greetz - ray


    Many thanks for the information

    Posted by peterjennings71 on 31st of Jan 2018 at 12:08 pm

    Many thanks for the information Ray. I will check wth IB in the UK and see what they say.  I have spent much of today researching spread betting after isplat's post, and that may well be the answer moving forwards. It does offer a few advantages over buying XIV directly (no tax, longer trading hours) so I am using my broker's Demo Spread Betting platform to learn before "going live" !!

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