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

CAD Employment Change 12.5K 14.8K -54.5K

CAD Unemployment Rate 7.2% 7.2% 7.2%

I'm sat out of indicies and currencies at the moment awaiting the change of the tide. Have long positions in GKP and ABM. Yet to sell equities due to high yields but am considering it....

Speaking now....

Got a link Skinny?

You think I listen? :-))

Monitoring the Financial System

What you trying to say -):.. Thanks.

USD Core Retail Sales m/m -0.1% -0.1% -0.4%

USD Retail Sales m/m 0.1% -0.3% -0.4%

JP Morgan bullish on USD/JPY

while

Morgan Stanley think otherwise

What's the point in paying a so-called expert analyst when you can flip a coin yourself?

EUR German ZEW Economic Sentiment 36.4 39.5 36.3

EUR Industrial Production m/m 1.0% 0.6% 0.4%

EUR ZEW Economic Sentiment 27.6 27.3 24.9

GBP CB Leading Index m/m 0.4% 0.4%

USD NFIB Small Business Index 92.1 89.9 89.5

USD Import Prices m/m -0.5% -0.5% -0.5%

Applies to all isa's with a bonus at the end harry, they should write and tell you when the year ends. Halifax did with mine and no probs changing to the new 1.95% one.,.

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HG+HC INDEX
this has been a consistent winner for me, though it can very scary .....
it's currently contemplating breaking upwards once more, and if it does so, it will be in to new all-time territory

Have decided that FTSE is going to rise over the long term and that Gold will continue to fall - so have placed a small sell on Gold for now and will monitor. Nothing on the FTSE yet - cos I got no money left !!

has it been that bad bhunt, hope not.,.

I got filled on FTSE short @6,684 earlier - currently -22!

Well, like most people I'm sure, my SIPP & ISA continue to reach new highs. That statement will now kill the market!