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

would i lie???? ..... ask the late (un)lamented cielo/mrsi!

Let's hope things hold blue (Not Viagra blue) for the rest of the day.

Just for once DOW is looking to open in positive territory.
All we need now is for another japanese reactor to catch fire..........

bernard - you can hold but not swallow :-))

Harry please. if that happens we will blame you.

Back door KY eh C.

why else would one enjoy public school, especially when linked to a good flogging?

At my public school masterbating was considered normal, but not more than two participants at a time, multiple sword crossing was considered homosexual.

Remember the old saying just becaue you kiss a guy that does not make you gay.

what if you kiss my arse? :-))
and on that happy note, i shall depart the office for a technical afternoon - aka playing golf

Fore

Glad to see you two have kissed and made up..........bitch cynic wait till I se you!!

Mr.C reminds me of a friend I brought home for tea many years ago, I told my old dear mum he was gay, to which she said nothing wrong with being a happy person.

C will remember when it was illegal to be gay and they got jail time.

Wasn't that why Oscar Wilde legged it over to The Continent?

Was he gay.

Yes - very happy.

lol I think in his days he was more discreet than today's puffters like Queen Elton.

nothing to beat a good bit of handbagging between pubic schoolboys ...... anyway, back to things in hand ....

while it is good to see both ftse and dow romping away today, it does cause me a little concern that dow has yet to break back above 11780, so don't break out the champagne just yet

its the march quarter or as some might say the spring equinox, so might be a good time for a low or high reversal to set in. as always things are not always so clear or cut and dry,today seems to have muddied the waters. another couple of down days would have been good for a potential equinox reversal from the low. however looking at it from a weekly perspective might help clarify. not sure how but i suppose a break below this weeks low would be ultra significant.thats my chartist viewpoint. could be wrong so please dyor.
regards and good luck to all
jkd
ps this theoram if that is what it is, seems to apply also to many individual,but not all, stocks, so why not check back on all your holdings?
good luck.

Happy to have shorted HMV before close Thursday.

Just to look at the problems the market has, coming up to 9am a company such as WLF which you can hardly call a tiddler has a trading volume of .... 0