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

GBP Public Sector Net Borrowing 12.9B v consensus 5.2B previous -10.7B

Fortunately my house is worth less than £2m, I don't smoke and am not yet drawing my pension! It seems I can continue to drink, have children and earn my first £9205 tax free, but of course, should I die, HMRC will still tax my assets on which I have already paid tax! Possibly not worth getting rich or old at present........or dying!!!

Ah, apparently booze duty has gone up, so that's off the menu!

Important point is that the weather improving, population is increasing around the world so demand is increasing, and companies are making money like never before.

The move by all governments is positive for companies, so they benefit the most.

ignoring the fluctuations is the best option.

USD Unemployment Claims 348K v consensus 353K previous 353K

Mario speaks at 4. Followed by Benny at 4:45.

CAD Core CPI m/m 0.4% v consensus 0.3% previous 0.2%

USD Pending Home Sales m/m -0.5% v consensus 1.0% previous 2.0%

WOWEE!!!!
what a whizz-bang day, but am sure glad it's all heading north rather than the other direction

Bit of a grim day on the FTSE! Hoping for one last push up before the summer malaise sets in.

Yes - it looks like I've taking a bit of a pasting on some of the so called "boring" yielders today.

another shitty day, but it has just meant that i crystalise profits ahead of y/e albeit at less than they were a week ago ...... if markets continue to fall, i'll take the opportunity (probably) to buy back in certain areas, and yes i know the tax implications

just wonder if we are not getting a bit oversold now

UKX circa 5000 by mid-August?

big hope for young.

c5000 wouldn't surprise me over the summer months and am shuffling my stocks to allow for this.

the runes indicate 5650 and 12940 as the key levels to watch

GBP Construction PMI 56.7 v consensus 53.6 previous 54.3

AAPL for teacher!!! :-)

Students are more important. Some have already done and many other universities are starting to do it.