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

Hope they are in trouble ,worse bank in the UK ,fine when Abbey , i was with them since school days from building society to bank but then when they were taken over they just became another huge too big arrogant institution ,every thing i hate about huge faceless companies like BT and Vodafone and BT are the worse.

guessing the Spanish property market may have caused them problems?

according to my reading of the entrails, next week could easily a sharp correction of the various indices ..... glad i have a few short positions, though i couldn't short M&S at the price i wanted on friday

2nd week in January in last 10 years has been the weakest trading week of the year. By that I mean markets falling but then recovering again on the 3rd week of january and going on strongly.

Interesting programme just started on Radio 4 - 'The MINTs'.

and with hindsight, i don't think i'm cross with myself at all for selling (taking profit) C+M and HG+HC indices when i did :-)

6736 gone short

If you havent already got it.......

http://www.charles-stanley.co.uk/traders-bulletin

permanent fixture on header on chart attack thread, usually out at about 9am.

Ask cyners to place it in header here.

why ask me? .... i'm a dinosaur in such things, and i suspect it's only the initial sponsor who can do so - if then

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meanwhile
pay great heed to the dow (and s+p)
cash dow was +60 prior to opening and is currently -20
we have seen this inability to hold on to gains several times in the last week, so to me, the inference is obvious ..... and if the dow sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold

G/F, Asking Alf to do something as simple as mealy Cutting & Pasting a chart into the header of a thread that he started is yet again beyond him... What a duffer -):

He thinks you are asking him to cut a pasty?

Give him a chance!

The reason for GF asking, is that you and "management" are the only ones who can edit the header and add a chart.

This is true Fred, So how come Alf doesn't know?

don't really work with pastry either, though making pork pies with hot crust pastry is great fun as is good old-fashioned steak and kidney suet pudding

made some really good (and very bitter!) marmalade this w/e

What is your waist measurement?

34 :-)

Inches or feet?

millipedes have lots of feet ... i have just two + a 34" waist and, since you didn't ask, 31.5" leg

And your brain -):

don't have one .... eaten away by syphilis