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

she is more 'annoyed' than coherent
making a speech

and not getting anywhere

dow is all over the place, but still trending down
however, on the back of that, gold is very strong which may help the likes of rio and pog to recoup some of today's heavy losses

I've been watching the grilling Goldman is getting live here ,typical slimy b****ds squirming and scouting round all the questions ,reminds me of someone ,Tony comes to mind ...

Got the start of your big DOW pullback then cynic ,but will it carry on ??

I am watching too

the problem is that those politicians dont seem to have the slightest idea
about markets
or just trying to make political points

Goldman are dealing with amateur's questions

yea, politicians just grandstanding

McCain was pathetic

How amazing it is that bad news has such a temporary effect on the markets at the moment. Nervous investors seem easily spooked, yet easily persuaded back again.
Greece, Portugal & the U.K. debt all looking dire, closely followed by Spain, yet so long as individual companies produce growth figures, no one seems to care for very long! Good for trading though.

Brown caught out it seems...labour showing it's true colours.....will we be rid of them ?...difficult to believe that they would get even 1 vote from anybody....don't like starting too many threads..but I'll start an election special as this is a very important 10 days coming up !...

shut dow short at a modest profit .... have left ftse running for now

Dow and UKX longs both done well :-)
Now reversed Dow and short @ 11175

Splat - Dow looks to be on a mission :o)

yes, could well be, it's a much smaller position than the one I had on the way up and keeping a close eye on it CC - thanks
What was that, by the way, "come on Burnley!" :-))
We should be out of Europe later and looking for a new manager - sh*t season but at least we're higher than your shower :-)))

and b4 anyone asks, i shut ftse short this morning at a small loss .... overall result of latest escapade was positively neutral

Splat - Hey, don't hold your breath mate only 5 points, I expect Chelsea to reduce that to 2 on Sat (providing we beat Stoke away of course), last games mighty Hull :o) to stuff you at there place and Everton to beat mighty Portsmouth at home! Not over till the fat lady sings! :o))

I don't need to hold my breath Chris, I only said "at least we're higher than your shower :-))) " not that we will finish higher! :-0 by the way, I've heard a few fat ladies singing, and today!! :-)

Aye, and a fat spanish waiter might join her tonight eh! :o))

looks like it !

Dow short going well :-)

some INDU covered + precisely 100

Nice one splat - Good Luck v Chelsea :o)

thanks CC.
Luck against Chelsea? Won't be needing that....in the same way we won't be needing Torres, Gerrard and Benitez next season! :-)