#Brent #SP500 We opted to get the popcorn in to enjoy two movies this weekend. The first one, the new “The Naked Gun” was okay, if somewhat repetitive and to be honest, we opted to go for dinner around 50 minutes into the film, the gags becoming fairly tiresome. Essentially, it became a homage/reprise of the funny films from the 1980’s and perhaps if neither of us remembered the original, we’d have been happy staying until the end. But on the bright side, we enjoyed an excellent Chinese meal! Later, at home, we decided to give the film industry a second chance, spooling up “Jurassic World Rebirth”. We did watch it to the end, wishing they had paid more money for a decent script and storyline, perhaps saving money on CGI expenditure. It was okay(ish) and will doubtless appear free to view on terrestrial TV channels around Xmas this year.
Part of our reasoning behind this effort to justify our local cinema has been an ongoing debate as to whether to cancel our TV licence. Increasingly, it’s the case “PC Feed” is chosen for the TV and we end up watching something on YouTube or Netflix, especially as ad-blocker software makes YouTube tolerable. All this makes it pretty certain we shall cease subscribing to the BBC propaganda service, the bias in broadcast news becoming quite intolerable. Of course, we’d feel quite different if Murray Walker were still commenting on Formula1, Terry Wogan’s drunken slurring on Eurovision, or the beardy mumbling scientist guy (David Bellamy) who used to compete with David Attenborough until he pointed out Man Made Climate Change was a load of rubbish. Then was promptly cancelled across the entire media.
It’s true things change with time but the media, who quite literally host everything from the past, seem unable to learn from history, trying to find what works and what doesn’t. Personally, a gaggle of YouTube channels provide entertainment with “The Why Files” for ridiculous, “Meghyn Kelly” for informative, and “Itchy Boots” travel. For a while, “Russel Brand” also was included but his voice & style can be tiresome, down in the Piers Morgan type of impossible viewing.
Surprisingly, this brings us back to our useless Central Bank in the UK, happily inflicting interest rates which puts the country at a disadvantage. With Europe suffering until a 2% regime, while the UK throttles itself with a 4% regime!, it’s not hard to understand why shares outwith the UK are doing okay. Except, for banking sector shares where the UK lethargy has spread to Europe and the USA which enjoys absurd interest rates which attract the US presidents wrath.
From our perspective, the current situation with Lloyds demands the share price exceed 88p to provide “proof” a real cycle of gains has commenced. In such a scenario, we’re now looking for movement to an initial 110 with our secondary, if bettered, at 120p and some potential hesitation.
Should things intend go wrong for Lloyds, below 57p becomes troubling as it allows for reversal down to an initial 66p. If broken, our secondary works out at a probable bounce point down at 61p.
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FUTURES
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| Time Issued | Market | Price At Issue | Short Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop | Long Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop |
| 10:53:56PM | BRENT | 6551 | 6499 | 6460 | 6297 | 6590 | 6694 | 6778 | 6871 | 6648 |
| 10:56:25PM | GOLD | 3586.18 | ||||||||
| 10:04:46PM | FTSE | 9223.3 | ||||||||
| 10:07:18PM | STOX50 | 5322 | ||||||||
| 10:11:02PM | GERMANY | 23623.4 | ||||||||
| 10:22:05PM | US500 | 6473.5 | 6443 | 6416 | 6377 | 6480 | 6533 | 6552 | 6596 | 6494 |
| 10:24:53PM | DOW | 45397.2 | ||||||||
| 10:27:08PM | NASDAQ | 23645.3 | ||||||||
| 10:29:22PM | JAPAN | 43272 |
5/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9208 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,862,590,557 a change of 7.19%
4/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9216 points. Change of 0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,536,344,047 a change of -21.07%
3/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9177 points. Change of 0.67%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,747,395,783 a change of -1.83%
2/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9116 points. Change of -0.87%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,854,446,717 a change of 77.93%
1/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9196 points. Change of 0.1%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,290,341,623 a change of -43.81%
29/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9187 points. Change of -0.31%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,855,483,777 a change of 30.98%
28/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9216 points. Change of -0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,470,443,849 a change of -4.77% 
SUCCESS above means both FAST & SLOW targets were met. ‘CESS means just the FAST target met and probably the next time it is exceeded, movement to the SLOW target shall commence.
Our commentary is in two sections. Immediately below are today’s updated comments. If our commentary remains valid, the share can be found in the bottom section which has a RED heading. Hopefully, this will mean you no longer need to flip back through previous reports. HYPERLINKS DISABLED IN THIS VERSION
Please remember, all prices are mid-price (halfway between the Buy and Sell). When we refer to a price CLOSING above a specific level, we are viewing the point where we can regard a trend as changing. Otherwise, we are simply speculating on near term trading targets. Our website is www.trendsandtargets.com.
UPDATE. We often give an initial and a secondary price. If the initial is exceeded, we still expect it to fall back but the next time the initial is bettered, the price should continue to the secondary. The converse it true with price drops.
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Section One – Outlook Updated Today. Click here for Section Two – Outlook Remains Valid shares
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Updated charts published on : BALFOUR BEATTY, Carclo, Fresnillo, HSBC, Melrose, Sainsbury, Tesco,
LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY Close Mid-Price: 604.5 Percentage Change: -0.17% Day High: 609.5 Day Low: 602
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LSE:CAR Carclo. Close Mid-Price: 61.9 Percentage Change: + 3.34% Day High: 62.6 Day Low: 60
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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 2118 Percentage Change: + 1.34% Day High: 2140 Day Low: 2086
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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 963 Percentage Change: + 0.17% Day High: 981.7 Day Low: 960.2
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LSE:MRO Melrose. Close Mid-Price: 616 Percentage Change: + 2.67% Day High: 618.4 Day Low: 602.2
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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 312.6 Percentage Change: + 2.49% Day High: 310.8 Day Low: 303.2
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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 441 Percentage Change: + 0.50% Day High: 442.5 Day Low: 434.7
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