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FTSE / DOW YTD

Burgeoning golden cross on the FTSE?

German Unemployment Change -20K -10K -9K

Opening Market Summary

GBP Second Estimate GDP q/q 0.5% 0.5% 0.5%

GBP Prelim Business Investment q/q -1.4% 2.0% -1.4%

GBP Index of Services 3m/3m 0.8% 0.7% 0.8%

Opinion: Stock market crash of 2016 - The countdown begins

Oh good dollar crashes and Gold finally come good again then -):

US Futures

We are all doomed!

But looking at projections of earnings and yields it is getting more difficult to find a good gamble.

Beginning to look overpriced.

Midday Report

Sharp drop in UK business investment

Deffo a golden cross but I'll buy on a pull-back rather than go long now.

I'm mostly in cash as it feels to me like that the bulls are ignoring bad news. If the FTSE is going to break up significantly some external good news is required as it seems to be dithering to me.

CC - I must admit my last two FTSE plays were shorts and both closed in the money - I feel a lot more comfortable to the short side, but I agree about bad news - but then isn't that always the way that the market works?

CAD Core CPI m/m 0.2% 0.1% -0.3%

CAD CPI m/m -0.2% -0.4% -0.7%

USD CPI m/m -0.7% -0.6% -0.4%

USD Core CPI m/m 0.2% 0.1% 0.0%

USD Unemployment Claims 313K 288K 283K

USD Core Durable Goods Orders m/m 0.3% 0.6% -0.8%

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