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

it's not a sector in which i have dabbled and confess i don't understand why that should be even if it is so

Can't remember about why, something to do with the fundies maybe but as I say I can't remember off hand.

Footsie up the Insurance Sector up, footsie down Insurance sector down.. that's how it works (again all things being equal).

..Got it -):

Size of Insurance companies relative to FT100.

The low oil price could upset the xmas rally we will have to wait and see.

Thanks Fred, could be right James but my gut feeling is it won't.

was thinking of buying back into NXT, but then realised that with unseasonally warm weather, clothing sales will have suffered ....... so why does ASC continue north?

Still not tempted by Insurance then?

They might be selling lots of short sleeved shirts and shorts cynic , Decembers the new August :)

have just encashed nice FTSE profit and ditto for some of my DOW long
level has fallen a little below the 6150 support/resistance and DOW may also be slightly o'cooked ...... shall wait and watch

The DOW was short lived ,FTSE holding up though ..

OK Alf it's your turn today, hows the Dow going to finish tonight, I must know not later then 4.15pm today.

let's put it this way ...... you have arguably missed an entry point at 17,600, but the market is clearly in a mood to catch its breath

i very much doubt that DOW will close positive, but interesting to note that FTSE has remained comparatively firm

I thought you would be more worried on the 60 pips you need on the ftse Stan. :-))

Thanks, thats about what my gut feeling is saying, but we never know do we.

.. Behave yourself D/C you know it's in the bag -):

Stan needs a miracle to win the FTSE comp !!!

lol. Clearly on Stan's mind.

Did someone mention miracles? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOl4oeHZnBk

Two days of Christmas !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DOW'S not very happy !!

crash, bank, wallop!
that more than wipes out yesterday's gain on wall street, and the pain will be felt in london tomorrow