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

Greek MPs have approved tough economic measures required to enable an €86bn eurozone bailout deal to go ahead.

The legislation includes tax rises and an increase in the retirement age.

Two hundred and twenty nine lawmakers voted Yes, 64 voted No and six abstained. Half of the No votes came from the governing Syriza party.

FTSE edging back. Dow within a stones throw of all time high again. What crisis!!

Del,

Does "corruption" spread up or down the "ladder", or from "dynasty" to another?

Are the "punters" immune from the disease, or just the initiators?

fred - i dont want to swamp this thread with more off topic - it is something that is best discussed f2f rather than posted in a few sentences as the topic is potentially so massive

hope everyone here had a profitable day

claret yep - pretty much as expected hope you made some shekels! :-)

No trading Friday. Had to endure watching Australia pick England apart at Lords.

Start again Monday.

oooops england! &.................

The former Greek finance minster has said his country's economic reforms are "going to fail", just as formal talks on a huge bailout are set to begin.

In a BBC interview, Yanis Varoufakis said Greece was subject to a programme that will "go down in history as the greatest disaster of macroeconomic management ever".

not exactly a vote of confidence there then :-)

Greek banks are reopening after three weeks of closures sparked by the deadlock over the country's debt.

Athens reached a cash-for-reforms deal aimed at avoiding a debt default and an exit from the eurozone.

But several restrictions remain in place, including a block on money transfers abroad, and Greeks also face price rises with an increase in VAT.

Meanwhile, Germany has said it is prepared to consider further debt concessions to Greece.

FTSE has struggled up to a pretty hefty hurdle at just over 6800
in the recent past, it has stumbled here, so i am certainly unwilling to take any postion, but it should be monitored carefully

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neither dow nor ftse could their day's highs and it is starting to look more and more that south is the next direction

FTSE 100 not being helped by Miners. Will it turn around soon?

DOW 30 Assisted by Apples' recent uptick.

all a bit dozy but drifting ever more south as was always likely

starting to watch DOW
if 18,000 hit, which is far from impossible, then may have a small dabble though im not convinced that will the bottom

i've had a little dabble long 17,990 ....... now wait and see how bright a move that was - or not!

IBM taking Dow with it today with help of United Tech.

no real damage done, so more than happy to stay put

crikey cynic good luck - very surprised you went long- i am out on my short but maybe a bit early - trends indicate more saaaaaaarrrrrrrffffffff for now

gl

not forgetting apple et al.....................

been watching - might start a long myself on the dow shortly circa 17880 - cant make up my mind!! lol!

in / out small profit just over 17900 - cant be bothered to watch this anymore today - tomorrow is another day - gl to anyone with a dow (and any other) position