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

CNY HSBC Final Manufacturing PMI 50.4 50.6 50.5

China factory growth eases, adds to recovery risk

BEIJING | Thu May 2, 2013 4:35am BST
(Reuters) - China's factory-sector growth eased in April as new export orders fell for the first time this year, a private survey showed on Thursday, suggesting the euro zone recession and sluggish U.S. demand may be risks to China's economic recovery.

The final HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) dropped to 50.4 in April from March's 51.6 and was largely in line with a flash reading last week of 50.5. Fifty divides expansion from contraction on a monthly basis.

China's official PMI on Wednesday painted a similar picture, falling to 50.6 in April from an 11-month high of 50.9 in March as new export orders fell.

Spanish Manufacturing PMI 44.7 44.6 44.2

Is HAS on your radar skinny? PE 13.46, PEG 2.50, Div Yld 6.49%, EPS & EPS growth both in +ve and possibly this is a growth sector once we start to come out of recession?

Thanks Harry, I'll have a look - it hasn't come up before when I've looked at yields - especially @6.49%.

GBP Construction PMI 49.4 48.1 47.2

Hmm....have just checked same data with another website & some of it is very similar, whereas div yield is way off! I'll get back to you!

Yield (1.67+0.83)/ 93p = @ 2.69% (2.688)

French 10-y Bond Auction 1.81|2.0 1.94|3.1

The below FTSE350 companies all pay +7% yield and are well covered Harry.

PHNX, FGP, RSL, IAP, POG, LRE

LRE chart looks interesting, although the dividend policy is causing me a bit of head scratching atm.

I'll leave you to scratch... lol

Thanks Shortie. I have those on my list to look at. I already hold POG.

UK Commercial Property Trust Ltd ( XLON : UKCM ) was this one of yours Skinny? 6.7% yield

They are on my list - ex dividend next week I believe - I've got quite a few doing very well in the sector - mainly SIPPed.

On edit - yield is just over 7%.

I was debating XLON over LMP, still undecided though. DAX mainly has my attention still.

Shortie - I take it you mean UKCM?

EUR Minimum Bid Rate 0.50% 0.50% 0.75%

UKCM looks a nice one. Some of the LSE data is incorrect, though supplied by Morningstar. PE to dec 2012 of -160.49, on Digitallook 14.7 . Yield is good at c7.7% .Prospective PE is interesting at 17.0, though is there any reason to assume next year will be the same as last year?

UKCM thats the one, well spotted Skinny.

CAD Trade Balance 0.0B -0.7B -1.0B

USD Trade Balance -38.8B -42.1B -43.0B

USD Unemployment Claims 324 K 346K 339K

USD Prelim Nonfarm Productivity q/q 0.7% 1.8% -1.9%

USD Prelim Unit Labor Costs q/q 0.5% 0.8% 4.6%