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

Futures down 100 ,the markets are getting quite boring these days ,,,,bit like that woman on Katherine Tate who jumps and screams at the slightest noise .

boring??? it's precisely what we want as traders isn't it?

quite tempting to go long ftse, but not sure i dare as i think there'll be a lot of forced closing this morning

all pretty gruesome as was almost inevitable ..... though i am not sure that pretty is quite a suitable word, it could have been much worse

while i was packing, i see all suddenly collapsed in a heap

Packing??? Off to the Falklands to do a bit of research for all of us???

kiev for a very specialised conference on cryogenic gases

does that mean you are a lorry driver for BOC ?
:-)

BOC no longer exists ..... it was taken over about 2 years by Linde Gas, one of the 5 major airgas producers

It still exists all right
but yes, it is part of Linde

but I knew that

hmm! Linde might not agree though to be honest, they trade under a variety of names depending on location and customer custom

here are a few for you

http://www.boconline.ie/

http://www.boconline.co.uk/

http://boc.com.au

anyway, you didnt answer the question

:-)

Driver's mate if you ask me, so he can keep an eye on the laptop!

currently driving over a cliff

Ah yes, but at what altitude?

Hope his hankerchief was big enough to save him....

f'ing tissues always tear!

Another bad day (so far), it's days like this where selective buying can be so rewarding (he says hopefully). Decent divi payers can be picked up at reasonable entry points, having said that, I believe there is more weakness to come and possibly too early for housing and banking stocks. Aimo of course
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cynic shorters have the upper hand ,Merkel is right, FTSE heading below 5000,discuss!!