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

Enjoy the warm weather!

Jimmy - gold is certainly on a run and has been this year.

Cheers skinny , only been in a while .

skinny I like that gold chart where do you get it from please?.

www.igolder.com

Going up.

lingerie and confectionery.,.

I'm free

we know.....lol ;)

DDD
this one bombed in early february after its figures, but has recovered 20% since then, so pretty much back to where it started

an interesting sector to be in, that's for sure

DDD
aha!
3-D printing is no longer only for adults. One of the sector's top firms, 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD ) , is partnering with Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS ) to develop products for children utilizing 3-D printing capabilities

cynic - the Hasbro news is from last week - as it the acquisition of Gentle Giant Studios - all positive news!

With the DOW apparently treading water since Friday - the FTSE is now out performing it YTD.

that's when DDD started to recover pretty strongly and is continuing to do so

6,800.

took a tiddly profit on C+M Index far too early, but can't be helped .... markets looked very soggy early on .... not sure why this late bounce, as dow is far from convincing

That was an interesting programme on on BBC 2 How China fooled the world ,Robert Peston .

Cheers for the chart skinny, appreciated.

Going down.

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