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

I think maybe you'll be taking your shorts off again soon

:-0

over this weekend the bikini could be on.....mind boggling.,.
edit: toya not me.......cynic!!

you'll just be making the donkeys nervous on weston beach!

down Exmouth for weekend getting a tan all over.......see you on the sea front in motorhome.,.

BB: my shorts (and more!) certainly will be coming off if the sun shines this weekend!

plus que c'a change, le plus est la meme chose

Why aren't you drifting about in the pool cynic?

That leopard skin thong got well worn over the weekend.,.

Sure did, BB. And my shorts felt a bit tight too...

did your arse look big in them too?

Have some decorum cynic, please!

bit cheeky was it?

Thought you were talking to me cynic......blush.,.

sure glad i cashed some profits today and that i'm short of a couple of stocks .... all looking very gruesome for monday

Yes - DOW down nearly 250 points this evening, on poor economic data.
Back to donning the shorts

shorts? ..... do we get a pic?

A pic of the shorts do you mean?

On Friday July 16, 2010, 3:34 pm
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks slid on Friday as revenues from GE and two major U.S. banks disappointed investors while consumer prices and sentiment data gave further evidence the economic recovery is stalling.

Google Inc (NasdaqGS:GOOG - News) shares fell more than 6 percent a day after it missed Wall Street's quarterly profit estimates for the first time in two years, further weighing down the Nasdaq Composite.

The Dow Jones industrial average (DJI:^DJI - News) dropped 268.60 points, or 2.59 percent, to 10,090.71. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index (^SPX - News) fell 31.99 points, or 2.92 percent, to 1,064.49. The Nasdaq Composite Index (Nasdaq:^IXIC - News) lost 69.00 points, or 3.07 percent, to 2,180.08.

Toya... make sure your in them.,.

BB - I'd have to find some pretty big shorts to be able to hide myself inside them!