Danger lurks for investors tempted to dabble online

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Returning from an extended lunch in the 1980s, the boast from the sharpest City lads used to be "I d...

Returning from an extended lunch in the 1980s, the boast from the sharpest City lads used to be "I drunk 15 Grolsch and I'm still standing." In the early 90s, it was "I lifted 50kg 20 times and I'm still smiling." By 2000, it will be "I made £1,500 in my lunch hour and I'm still trading Day trading has arrived in the UK with a vengeance. An estimated 5,000 punters are online every day already, many of them trading from their offices The volume of share dealing over the internet in the UK is doubling every three months. By the first quarter of next year 15% of all share deals will have bee...

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