rather than pick out individual stocks to trade, it can often be worthwhile to trade the indices themselves, especially in times of high volatility.

for those so inclined, i attach below charts for FTSE and FTSE 250, though one might equally be tempted to trade Dow or S&P, which is significantly broader in its coverage, or even NASDAQ

for ease of reading, i have attached 1 year and 3 month charts in each instance

then can get cheap and offer to Cypriots for profit!

Apparently so, investors were fighting over German debt looking at those figures. Better returns in corporate bonds or shares as you know but it does tell you that sentiment to further buy equities is fading, yields might be attractive but the risk of capital loss is clearly there..

An interesting read here :-

Hunt for yield: Unconventional asset classes widen their appeal

This is the main article -

Risk Management 2013

8021.5 Short Dax, 14542.5 Short Wall St...

any interesting news from the budget, or isn't boy on his hind legs yet?

i see dow has jumped meanwhile, but no idea why and certainly can't disagree with your move to short

Pensions article is so true, all because the industry is obsessed with growth they make unrealistic forecasts of their potential..

Chancellor starts at 12.30 hrs cynic.

Dax is paying well today Cynic, shorting 20pts a time off 8000 or near to.

I must admit that over the past couple of years, I've been buying the likes of RECI & PEW (which I've posted on the chart thread), RECP,MGHU,HICL,JLIF & SREI mainly for the yield, but many have far outperformed more traditional equity yielders.

Eyes down.

It's amazing how they still can't resist any opportunity to have a political dig at the opposition, rather than just presenting the details.

thanks harry .... i'll turn the office tv on then - it's usually reserved for important things like rugby or the ashes or open golf!

Immediate bounce for the house builder stocks?......and maybe brewers!!!!! :o)

14517 Wall St closed

1p a pint from Sunday Harry - apparently some other bits in the budget too! :-)


Ed Balls huffing & puffing like Jabba the hutt in waiting.

Indeed H, Persimmon up 5%

Ed: Not Brewers on my list yet, apart from Wetherspoon.

7994.3 DAX position closed..

The beer escalator (2p a pint up) cancelled
and beer duty reduced by 1p a pint.
Tax/Duty? removed from AIM stocks.

Cyprus banking crisis solved.Russia buys Cyprus which is fully equipped with its own laundry within the EU!

Nice one h! lol.