Business
The quiet comeback
Online trading is cautiously sticking its head above the parapet again, following an abortive debut during the heyday of the Internet bubble. But gone is the hype of making it rich in a few easy steps.
31 May 2003
The approach is altogether more sober these days. But proponents of online share and futures trading are showing renewed confidence in the potential of their business. This time around, the industry is looking carefully at finding the right products and at making clever use of technology to cater for the individual investor.
But it has not all been shrinking margins and low volumes.
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