Anyone scalping the FTSE Futures??

[Bluewolf]

Whats wrong with this picture?
Nikkei down 13%
Hang Seng down 10%
Dax down 8%

Dow down 3.5%
S&P down 2.25%
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Dow down 8% is 15,000.

Hi Postman,
I would suggest that the eastern markets are responding directly to the issues in China and the DAX is responding to the Ukraine problems. However the US markets appear rather disconnected with those percentages....maybe a much larger drop down is due ?

 

[postman]

Morning all.
Bit of a damp squib today.
Apparently Russians in Crimea is good news! :whistling

 

[hereward the wake]

Morning Postman, all madness innit?

 

[hereward the wake]

"Russia is the only country in the world realistically capable of turning the United States into radioactive ash," anchor Dmitry Kiselyov said on his weekly news show on state-controlled Rossiya 1 television.

 

[hereward the wake]

another ********

George Osborne has been criticised by Tory MPs after allegedly saying that people who pay the 40p rate feel they are "successful" and have "joined the aspirational classes".

 

[hereward the wake]

What is the budget for the large Hadron thingey? ...... The total cost of the project is expected to be of the order of 4.6bn Swiss francs (CHF) (approx. $4.4bn, €3.1bn, or £2.8bn as of Jan 2010) for the accelerator

To look back to see how the universe began? Or to find out how to make a bomb big enough to evaporate the Eastern Bloc and leave it uncontaminated?

 

[postman]

HTW, a simple "Good morning" would have sufficed.

 

[postman]

 

[hereward the wake]

HTW, a simple "Good morning" would have sufficed.

found time in that rant to grab quick short

 

[postman]

found time in that rant to grab quick short

Not tempted by the trip down to 56 for a gap close this morning I see.
Dont blame you. Its a long way up.

 

[hereward the wake]

Not tempted by the trip down to 56 for a gap close this morning I see.
Dont blame you. Its a long way up.

well it is possible but I think the IG crowd might push it up on the open (60% long) before it can close it :clover:

 

[Dick Lexic]

s&p ih&s now targets 1851 ...dow 16150

 

[hereward the wake]

9130 a good place to short the dax

 

[SuddenDeath]

good morning, postman, htw and Dick Lexic.

I think we in UK should have a referendum on whether join the russian federation. lets create an e-petition

 

[hereward the wake]

http://www.economist.com/news/business/21599034-german-exporters-are-pushing-back-against-economic-sanctions-russia-lovers-not-fightersDIPLOMATS wonder if Germany will ever back harsh consequences for Russia over its invasion of Crimea. Second-world-war history weighs on German decision-making. But economics does too. Germany gets about a third of its oil and gas from Russia. It also sends a lot of its exports of manufactured goods there. Germany alone accounts for almost a third of the EU’s total exports to Russia. And Russia is Germany’s 11th-biggest export market, worth €36 billion ($48 billion) last year.

 

[postman]

9130 a good place to short the dax

I'm thinking 9800.

 

[hereward the wake]

I'm thinking 9800.

patience honey

 

[postman]

...]DIPLOMATS wonder if Germany will ever back harsh consequences for Russia over its invasion of Crimea. ....

Its over. Its a done deal.
The US isn't going to put troops in the line of fire of Russians.
Europe isnt strong enough.

And guess what, the Russians did exactly what the Americans have been doing all over the world. Replacing the government and letting people vote and they voted.

Todays top news story on the BBC High Speed 2 rail link.

Yesterdays news.

 

[SuddenDeath]

think the weekend ukraine discount gets removed, but markets still technically weak

HSBC 599. how long until markets complete pricing in weak emerging/china growth?

 

[Dick Lexic]

blimey did i see a tick up in the ftse?