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

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!

French Prelim GDP q/q -0.2% -0.1% -0.2%

German Prelim GDP q/q 0.1% 0.3% -0.7%

French CPI m/m -0.1% 0.1% 0.8%

Skinny, both CGL & AML have pinged up on my research as high yielders and steady growth. Both are in a pretty dull sector of Insurance underwriting & reinsurance, but maybe one for your ISA or SIPP.

Thanks Harry - they both have anything but dull charts.

Italian Prelim GDP q/q -0.5% -0.4% -0.9%

GBP Claimant Count Change -7.3K -3.1K -7.0K

GBP Average Earnings Index 3m/y 0.4% 0.7% 0.8%

GBP Unemployment Rate 7.8% 7.9% 7.9%

Hi Bealerboy - no just that I have topped up on Amer so only had limited funds available to invest in either gold or FTSE - so I chose to short Gold - a good decision so far. Plan is to leave it there for longer term