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

PPI @ 13.30 Today!

wednesday 16th may be the more telling as that is when rate rise news is expected
a case of damned if JY does or if she doesn't
on balance, a rate rise would probably be preferable, given the clobbering the markets have already taken

whatever the PPI numbers, they look to have been met with indifference

And still the markets fall CAC DAX DOW ,Oil ,i think the only one on my list that's up is Copper

not much sign of support at the numbers above :-(

had a quick and very small duck in/out of dow and got lucky with +64

DOW
~17,380 is proving the current resistance level having been there 4x on the recovery tack, but has fallen off each time

I thought that the Fed were almost guaranteed to raise their base rate next wed, so I assume that the decision was already factored in. Traders in the US have expressed the probability as 74%.

FTSE will close in a few minutes having clocked up 6 down days on the spin!

Can i come out now ? .

nope ..... the all clear hasn't yet sounded

DOW
currently down very nearly 300 at 17,280

Recession being priced in for next year.

this morning's rally looks to have petered out very quickly

Wednesday could be important as to which way we go.

all totally unpredictable
this morning, it looked as though the markets "felt" oversold and rallied nicely without being silly ...... that lasted about 2 hours and now everything looking ever more bleak

Oil down again ! , it does feel as though we have somewhere near bottomed out .

Talk on Bloomberg from analysts and 'experts' seem to agree on circa $30 pb as the bottom for Brent.
Even the pumping nations have to service their debt, so the theory is that paying off the interest has to be achievable at the very least. Less than $30 pb would put that at risk.

This won't have helped


Last week, Third Avenue Management shut down its $788m ‘Focused Credit Fund’ – a fund investing in corporate bonds.
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nor this ......
Oil tumbles towards crisis-era lows
Oil is close to surpassing its low hit during the financial crisis, with Brent crude falling below $37 a barrel in Monday trading.


nor this ......
Wells Fargo warns of ‘stresses’ in its energy portfolio
The head of corporate banking at Wells Fargo, the biggest bank in the world by market capitalisation, has warned of “stresses” in its energy portfolio, as the ongoing slump in the price of oil begins to weigh heavily on servicers and producers