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

that is/was inevitable after yesterday in london, but as i said above .....

Maybe who knows

I'm guessing the Germans haven't rocked the boat, but I can't find any updates as yet.

Germany decision of legality of bailouts.

On edit :- German constitutional court rejects lawsuits aimed at blocking German participation in eurozone bailouts

German Industrial output figures better than expected.

Anyone shorting EUR/GBP at the mo? Also I long Dec Future positions on Barclays, Rockhopper and Heritage...

thoroughly agree that is hopelessly over-valued, but have thought that for years ..... nevertheless, it still refuses to fall, so it's a fairly brave call

NVDA up 6.9% and YHOO +6.7% pre market - could be a good day if Obama speaks the speak.

LOL - 5300 and 11300 - what a crazy market!

thought Obama wasn't speaking until tomorrow (thursday) ..... however, i think bernanke is speaking somewhere today

cynic - yes you are correct (about Obama) - I read later in the week as later today on CNN!!!

Obanana is speaking Thursday late afternoon US time.

midnight BST

Yep - Bernanke 18:00 tomorrow our time.

Clear as mud :-)

Yeh 18.21 Baghdad time

the penny seems to have dropped smell of burning shorts might become a forest fire!

Don't bank on it.

what has banking got to do with it!

Everything

no nothing stocks look cheap