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

you may have to wait until the market believes they are going to withdraw QE

no sign of it yet

NEW YORK, April 14 (Reuters)
"Investors also sold the dollar as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, in congressional testimony, reiterated that the central bank currently anticipates that "very low, extremely low " interest rates will be needed for an "extended period" given expectations for a moderate U.S. economic recovery. "

Tomorrow should be interesting ,what with Goldman and no planes flying ,,although there seems to be no rhym or reason to the market of late .

same as friday then ?

Goldmans will find a way to make money out of this I suspect
:-)

but cable heading for 1.51+ on polls ?

all a bit hairy-scary and volatile, but am now short both FTSE and Dow, though watching carefully

As predicted Easyjet, Brit Airways, Thos Cook & TUI Travel biggest losers today.
Have checked with a friend who works for P&O. They are not listed on the LSE so sadly no opportunity to buy their shares, particularly as they are the only operator which take foot passengers, Sealink do not. Foot passenger price currently 5x the usual!!!!

harry we do own the Royal Navy apparently coming to the rescue of stranded britons!

Royal Navy going to the rescue ,election time ,funny that .

is this the lull before the storm, cynic. Nothing much happened at mo...sp's are down but not a lot. will it hang on the DOW's level later on?

probably ...... i think the london markets may become pretty volatile over the coming weeks, not just because of this goldman shennanigans, but also because of the impending election

Cynic Ftse will follow the Dow as usual, totally immateriel what happens in this country election whatever! As long as reporting season in US remains positive, quantative easing remains in place and interest rates don't rise anything could happen, watch this space :o)

i certainly agree with the sentiment "anything could happen", but my view is that south is the more likely

cynic ho hum DJIA back above 11000 Goldman effect seems to be declining and flights starting again in Europe after volcano scare wears a bit thin.

DOW risen 60 points since 6.00pm just touched 10999 but back up now???

I've found in this market everything happens in reverse.

So decide what you think is going to happen, then do the opposite.

dd
what? and lose money? LoL!
regards
jkd

normal service resumed for the Dow, looks like up, up and away, as opposed to our planes.

Look on the brightside, illegal immigration has drastically reduced over recent days.
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Is that why Bown is sending the Ark Royal to bring in a few more votes before the election!

Still no plunge yet for the DOW cynic..

so i noticed! .... suffering a bit of bruising, but no matter; shall stay short at least for now