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AnonymousLoner1

Oh did the shah automatically "belong" in Iran just because we forced him into Iran to protect the UK's oil industry?  Get real.

Sea_Bike_5508

Does the market think Trump is bluffing with Kharg island? Either way happy to break even on my UK stocks finally. Tempted to sell because if he does that will send the stock market into free fall.

shitholejedi

China has the worst capital flight of any economy of its size followed by UK. Anyone who can leave is doing their best to do so. The only good solid part of China's economy is its housing which doubles as household savings. There is no other part of the Chinese economy that is better than the US in either growth or future growth potential.

SnooBooks4305

Don't forget need to tariff the shit out of UK and Australia too. They are also evil countries. Remember ‘the friends have been worse than the foes’. /s

bullitt-rider

Rates have jumped on the UK to 5.x%

bullitt-rider

Can we all move in? In one mobth mortgage rates in the UK have jumped for 3.x to 5.x%

Ocean-of-Mirrors

Is maccas just an Australian thing? I thought they said that in UK too

MeowMeNot

He is actually a bird. "Brent Crude oil is named after the **Brent Goose** (*Branta bernicla*), a small, short-necked waterfowl found along British coasts in the winter. Shell UK named the Brent oilfield in the North Sea after this bird in 1971, as part of their convention of naming oil fields after birds. Brent Crude now represents a blend of oils from the North Sea and is a primary global benchmark for oil pricing.

SquirrelFluffy

The May ceasefire happened right after a massive bombardment which included the UK and France. Not quite carpet bombing but I used the term.

LengthObjective2253

Dominos Pizza UK posting about KOTOR remake lol

Readonly00

Yeah, sometimes a little before 9pm UK time even

confused_teabagger

Kebab is no laughing matter, it is the national food of the UK and very tasty... as far as UK food goes!

FartPolluter

Oh yeah fkn France abd UK will fkn leeroy jenkins it like it is 1867 and they are still relevant

InvestAISavvy

You're not far off — I think the actual number is something like 55% of billion-dollar US startups have at least one immigrant founder. It's not just labor supply, it's the top 0.1% of global talent self-selecting into the US economy. That's what makes restrictive immigration policy so risky from a markets perspective. Canada, the UK, UAE are all actively trying to capture that talent flow. You lose that edge and the innovation premium the US commands starts eroding pretty quickly.

Orange_Codex

Big news in defence. The EU (38% of US arms exports) is set to extend a 'Buy European' provision of the Industrial Accelerator Act to arms procurement, after the US reneged on a series of contracts with the EU, UK, Australia, and Switzerland. Great news for European arms companies - particularly small-cap tech alternatives to Anduril and Palantir. Dreadful news for Lockheed, Raytheon, etc.

Prior_Industry

Yeah deffo. He overplayed his hand early into his second term. Hopefully the midterms turn him into a full blown lame duck 🤞. As a UK resident I also hope that it makes people look at our mini Trump - Farage and realise he should be nowhere near power.

Brokenandburnt

The Saudis sign a defense investment agreement with Ukraine, causing Russia to spaz out and put out a statement that they would start supplying "lethal aid" to Iran.\ According to intelligence sources at least the first few shipment will be Russia's vastly improved version of Shaheds. Those are more resistant to EW, more precise in targeting and with data links for target updating in flight. I'd wager that they'll also supply FPV drones. On Iran's eastern flank, there's a borderline shared by Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. Living smack dab stop those 3 borders are the Baloch. They don't recognize the borders as legitimate, fair enough since they were arbitrarily drawn by UK, and seek independence. Iran and Pakistan has suppressed them together, while Afghanistan has supported them. With Iran distracted the Baloch are causing havoc, at the same time the Pakistani Taliban are taking advantage and causing havoc. And on Pakistans east border there's yet another insurgency faction. China has invested **a lot** into Pakistani infrastructure, to expand their trade routes that are not contingent on ships that can be blockaded.\ This of course means that China might also have to get involved. The Saudis signing an agreement to invest in the Ukrainian defense sector moved them closer to the western bloc, which means that Russia and China are pissed at them. At the same time it pisses of Iran something fierce, which means that Iran _might_ start to consider Saudi energy infrastructure a legitimate target. What's holding them back is probably Iran being wary of inviting retaliation against their own export capacity. Oh, the Houthis has officially entered the conflict. They have only sent some missiles against Israel so far, but I'm guessing they'll close Bab el Mandab soon. That means that the Saudi pipeline, which has _just_ spun up to it's 7M/bpd max can't load it on VLCC's, leaving them limited to Suezmax which will severely limit their export volume. It also adds ~20 days if they want to  get that oil to Asia. The Houthis can of course attack the oil terminals in Yabun, or simply blow the pipelines. But other than this, it's business as usual.

I_am_Nerman

They can't make cheap missiles. They used to be able to make cheap drones, but all of their manufacturing capability is getting destroyed. Why do you think the steel plants were blown up yesterday? I'm older than you. The same scenarios played out similarly in Iraq and Afghanistan. Neither of them had the ability to fight conventionally. They're able to hold the strait because of their remaining drones and missiles. It's not because of any remaining navy or air force. They're using radio to communicate to the ships. Out of 1000s and 1000s of of sorties Iranians are celebrating that they grazed 2 fighters. Apparently, you're impressed by this. Their ability to fight "asymmetrically" continues to be reduced daily. Every piece of intelligence shows the number of missiles and drones they started the war with. There is a range. They didn't have millions of drones and missiles to begin with. The number they shoot daily continues to drop every week. At the beginning of the war they were sending 100s a day. Now some days it is less than 10. You keep saying they're cheaper to make, which is true, but they have to be able to make them. You think we didn't know where they were being built? They can't make drones in a backyard or someone's shed at scale. Countries like the UK & France joining the theater adds pressure to the equation. France has already sent their largest carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, to the region. That's more than a strongy worded letter. The UK is already proving missile and drone defense to Arab countries. Again, they will forfeit soon, or they will die fighting.

Raise_A_Thoth

>Over 11,000 targets have been hit in Iran Lol holy hell what a regard. Do you have a tracker? How many 'targets' are left? How many targets do you think we hit in Iraq and Afghanistan before those troops went in? Do you havr any idea how much mofe cheaply and quickly they can replenish their missiles and drones compared to ours? >This is Iran getting annihilated Homie, what color Kool-aid is in your cup? Do you really actually think hitting buildings with bombs in a country with decades of preparation and under-mountain bunkers will make them "annihilated?" Genuine question, are you even 18? >Their top layers of leadership have all been killed. Replaced and filled in with the next members up and covered by horizontal leadership structures as well. >Their navy is destroyed. Their air force is destroyed. Interesting. Is that why they still hold the Strait closed and are able to get payments from some countries to permit them to pass safely? >Their air defense, which was shit to begin with, is mostly destroyed. My brother in christ they just hit an F35 and an F18. >The US & Israel are flying around Iran like it's the friendly skies See above, again. >In what conventional war metric is Iran winning? None. They aren't fighting a conventional war, bozo. They are fighting asymetrically. >The only thing they have left is a dwindling supply of missiles and drones that they won't be able to replace. Based on what intelligence? Theirs are much cheaper to make than our missiles. >They're lucky the US has kept the other gulf nations at bay. Lmao. >There is a growing coalition to open and protect the strait that includes the UK & France If wr had them "annihilated" why do we neex the UK and France? And what, exactly, are they doing to change the situation? Writing strongly worded warnings to the UN? >The last card they hold, controlling the strait, will not be allowed by the rest of the world. It currently is

I_am_Nerman

Over 11,000 targets have been hit in Iran. They're decimated. You can't even call this a "war". This is Iran getting annihilated. Their top layers of leadership have all been killed. Their navy is destroyed. Their air force is destroyed. Their air defense, which was shit to begin with, is mostly destroyed. The US & Israel are flying around Iran like it's the friendly skies. They're flying 100s of sorties every day. In what conventional war metric is Iran winning? They're not. The only thing they have left is a dwindling supply of missiles and drones that they won't be able to replace. They're lucky the US has kept the other gulf nations at bay. That could change, though. There is a growing coalition to open and protect the strait that includes the UK & France. The last card they hold, controlling the strait, will not be allowed by the rest of the world. It's simply a matter of time that they forfeit or die fighting.

tobiasfunkgay

>25% of your spending power gone Only if your wages and investments stayed stationary during that time. S&P500 is up 60% over the last 5 years even accounting for this dip, a quick google also says average wages in the UK where I'm based have increased 30% over that time so I really don't think things are as dire as you're making out. Inflation is normal you can't just throw out inflation figures in isolation to make any point about living standards.

Justanunknownauthor

Ondas has two businesses. The first is private wireless networks for railroads and critical infrastructure. They make a product called FullMAX which is basically a modern broadband upgrade for industries like freight rail that are still running on 1980s radio technology. The Association of American Railroads actually adopted their tech as the industry standard. Long term boring but sticky recurring revenue. The second business is where it gets interesting. They make autonomous drone systems. Their main product called the Optimus System is a drone in a box that sits on site, launches itself, flies missions, comes back, charges itself and goes again with zero humans needed 24/7. It is the first drone in history to receive FAA certification to fly beyond visual line of sight with no operator present. Nobody else has that. They also make the Iron Drone Raider which is an autonomous counter drone system designed specifically to intercept and destroy small hostile drones. The exact type Iran and Hezbollah have been using in the current conflict. Recently they acquired Mistral, a US defense prime contractor, which gives them direct access to Army and Special Operations contracts. They also picked up a UK propulsion company and invested in World View which makes high altitude surveillance balloons that can hover near the edge of space for weeks at a time. 2026 revenue guidance is $375 million. Q4 last year came in at $30 million which was up 629% year over year. 5 analysts have buy ratings with targets ranging from $16 to $25. Not financial advice but that is what they are actually building.

Justanunknownauthor

Think of Ondas as a company with two completely different businesses under one roof. They make a product called FullMAX… basically a private wireless internet system for industrial companies like railroads, oil pipelines, and power grids. The railroads actually adopted Ondas’s technology as their industry standard through the Association of American Railroads. Then there is the second part of the company. Ondas Autonomous Systems… Optimus System: a drone in a box. It sits on a rooftop or in a field, launches itself automatically, flies a mission, comes back, charges itself, and goes again 24/7 with no human needed. Used for surveillance, security, inspection of infrastructure. First drone ever to get FAA certification to fly beyond visual line of sight with no operator present. Iron Drone Raider: a drone that hunts and destroys other drones. Designed specifically to intercept small hostile drones like the ones Iran and Hezbollah use. Fully autonomous, works at night, no GPS needed. They also own Mistral (a defense contractor that gives Ondas direct access to US Army and Special Operations contracts worth $1B+), Rotron Aerospace (UK company that makes long range propulsion systems for drones), and World View (high altitude balloons that can hover at the edge of space for weeks providing surveillance over thousands of miles). Ondas started as a railroad wifi company. It pivoted hard into autonomous drones and defense technology. Now it sits at the intersection of two of the hottest themes in the market right now: drone warfare and autonomous systems… with real products, real customers, FAA certification nobody else has, and a $1 billion institutional bet behind it.

AcademicFilmDude

Not just reducing oil - reducing the need for energy. Here in the UK most of our housing is over a century old and hugely inefficient. They could retrofit old housing and insulate it properly - that would save a ton. They could introduce regs that forced developers to build efficient new stock rather than cheap cardboard boxes - that would save a ton. We need to massively reduce reliance on fossil, but also educate people that renewables aren't zero cost. The copper for storage is expensive and often exploitatively mined. Oil is needed for plastics in cabling. Nuclear needs to be a big part of the mix too.

brooklyndavs

Who the fuck else is going to join the war in a meaningful way on the US/Israeli side? The Saudies maybe? Europe and the UK have show zero interest getting involved and most don’t have the capacity anyway. China is still getting its oil is is probably selling the Iranians components for its missiles. They are fine with how things are. So are the Russians

WrexyWrex

there is a half a million people marching in the UK and millions marching here right now pitchforks are out

Gom_KBull

*"There is no way this will end up being ww3."* **Military Involvement** * *USA* * *Israel* * *Houthis* * *Iran* * *UAE* * *Saudi Arabia* * *Kuwait* * *Qatar* * *Bahrain* * *Lebanon* **Military, Intelligence and Logistical support** * *UK* * *Russia* * *China* **Collateral nations** * *Cyprus* * *Azerbaijan* * *Jordan* * *Iraq* * *Oman* **Rhetorical involvement** * *Ukraine* * *Finland* * *NATO + EU + UN* * *Romania* * *Poland* * *Spain* * *Venezuela (lol)* * *India (on fence tilting pro Israel/usa)* # OK BRO

The-Phantom-Blot

Notably, OBL didn't blow himself up. He recruited people for that. If you take away all security, comfort, and other good things from a person, you make that person feel like he or she has nothing left to lose. That person is much easier to recruit for extremism. (Or for a nation's military.) Another thing that breeds extremism is when a person feels like he or she has no control over his or her own life. That applies in Gaza, Iran, the UK, the USA ... all over the world. A vast swath of people in the USA are being radicalized by the authoritarian domestic policies and world wars being started by the current regime. That includes non-religious people. Some people radicalize to anti-religious ideologies like Soviet Communism (yeah, they're around, you will find many of them on Reddit). And some others radicalize and then convert to religions. (Have you seen those "white widows" who joined Islam?) That's the reverse of the process you describe. Also FYI, I think you may have omitted at least one group of religious extremists there.

pmoO0

Europe is dead ... believe me. (core Europe) Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium. (I don't consider Austria or Switzerland. UK is not Europe anymore anyway) The next country with major elections will have a rude awakening.

Old-Professional-533

Sure you can bag hold like in 2008. This war is way worse than in 2008. Petrodollar is at risk and people who invest in US markets are rich GCC nations. This war won't end without troops on the ground and there is nothing to gain from it other than reopening the strait which was already open. If there were something to gain from, France and UK would have already deployed their naval vassels. Sp500 falls commodity rises. I'd reallocate my assets rn if I were you.

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UtopianScot

Sweden is a high trust society because of the Nordic model. The UK is a lowtrust society because of Thatcher sadly

OakenBarrel

Rules in the UK might've been ridiculous on paper, but were they ever really enforced? I don't think so. Apart from scanning of the QR codes at various venues, there was no tracking of people's behaviour and no real monitoring of their adherence to the rules. I have also seen enough ridiculous crap happening in the UK to have zero trust in people's common sense. One glaring example is how recyclables are collected at home. You have two kinds of bins next to each other in the basement. Clear code coding, clear instructions on what you may or may not recycle. I still see general waste in recyclables bins all the time. It is usually _less_ effort to use the general waste bins as they are closer to the entrance and less full. But no, people still deliberately throw their shit into the other bin, probably thinking that it would magically lead to it being recycled So no, I think the UK rules weren't ridiculous. They were just formal enough so that people wouldn't start Boris Johnson'ing around thinking it's completely reasonable "because they're feeling fine and are clearly not infected"

Terrible_Ad_7735

I'm fine with wearing masks. But in UK we had all these ridiculous rules, like you're allowed to socialise this week ourdoors, but only if you keep 2 meters away from people who are not in your bubble, and your bubble can be up to 6 people accross two households, but you're not allowed to drive more than 10 miles to meet them, unless you're doing it anyway to drop shopping off to your disabled uncle BUT DON'T YOU DARE GO IN HIS HOUSE LEAVE THAT SHIT BY THE DOOR YOU SUPERSPREADER. Sweden had the better approach IMO, which was to trust that people would be smart enough to know that there is a dangerous virus about, and you should limit your close contact with people to avoid catching it.

ranveerneemkar

Short answer: ownership usually doesn’t just vanish, but wartime sanctions, exchange closures, and asset freezes can make foreign securities untradeable, hard to value, or temporarily inaccessible. For what happens to international stocks/funds during a war, the legal wrapper matters a lot: * BP on NYSE: if the ADR/listing remains permitted, you still own it through your broker/custodian. The bigger risk is trading suspension, delisting, blocked dividend flows, or sanctions from OFAC/SEC actions. * VXUS/VTABX: you own shares of a US fund, not the underlying UK stocks/bonds directly. The fund can keep operating, but it may mark affected holdings down, halt creations/redemptions, fair-value stale prices, or side-pocket/segregate impaired assets depending on the structure. * Bonds can be messier than stocks because payment systems matter. Even if the bond legally exists, coupon/principal payments can be blocked by sanctions, capital controls, or settlement systems. Broker matters less than the jurisdiction/custody chain. A US broker is still subject to US sanctions rules, clearinghouse rules, and exchange actions. Historical analogs are Russian securities in 2022 and some Iran-related sanctions cases. OFAC, SEC, Vanguard/issuer prospectuses are the places I’d look first.

badgaleddy

Respect from the UK if they are the baked variety

Useful-Ad-280

Where do you live? In the USA we're not hit as hard for fuel, see the primary 3 oil indexes that summarize USA, UK and Asia. Certain industries that in the end and ultimate sense are optional will be hit hard, that 40% of global helium supply going \*poof\* with Qatar production that is used for chips and other purposes.... won't end humanity if computer supply lags and we have to go to only mostly moving money with servers and not AI generated slop.

River_Sandhu

UK we got a shout out 😂

astrawberryandakiwi

Lol @ 🥭 shitting on the UK while asking for help

KidCreevey

Can’t view imgur in the UK I’m afraid

ShittyUsernane1222

my controversial opinion: the only difference between whatever the the EU is doing and what US is doing is just that EU can hide some of their regarded actions behind academic sounding language. France and UK are justifying a military intervention to Iran with "freedom of trade, supporting middle eastern allies" meanwhile US justifies it with "Iran bad" the underlying action of intervening in iran is bad regardless of the language used to justify it. EU sane-washes and supports US actions, provides diplomatic cover and support. EU Commission acts rn no different than how🥭 would wearing an academic gown and vore-ing thesaurus. therefore any bearish thesis on the US necessarily applies to the EU too.

Unusual_Baseball7055

If you want to fly zip air, and eat at 7/11 or local spots, Japan is cheap. Especially since Japanese people still care about quality and cost, unlike in America where people don't expect quality at all. If you want to stay in a western sized hotel room, eat at top restaurants, and take some cabs occasionally, Tokyo is expensive. For me, there's really no difference between Tokyo or London/NYC. The only real benefit is that when you pay for something in Tokyo it's most likely going to be good. When you pay for something in America or the UK there's like a 20% chance it's awful.

Competitive_Ride

UK doesn’t even have ships. They borrowed a German one

Logical-Charity-6176

Least of the UK's worries right about now in fairness.

AgtDALLAS

Think the UK is already requesting people WFH.

birdman1972

US Navy and a couple dinghies from KSA and UAE...and the UK if they make it...are international.

RFKsBrainwormm

UK Foreign Minister: Iran can’t hold world economy hostage Iran: Bet

BatteryAcid420_

Propfreading would be the part where a guy on reddit doesn‘t repeat the „haha UK dumb“ narrative when that‘s a part of the following lore: EU makes sure Brexit hurts UK. EU media pretends UK is dumb for leaving EU. If you remember damaging EU countries is literally the opposite of what the EU is designed to do then it‘s easy to think about it for a second.

the_mammynun

He mentioned they'll be rolling out a roster of Canadian Brands in June who will be selling exclusively through Remexian in the German and UK markets. If I had to guess it will be all the big boys (TLRY, ACB, VFF, CGC) and a few smaller players like LOVE trying to build a bigger international precense.  The largest exception will be OGI as they have their own importer in Germany, and CRON is a wild card because they do have CanAdelaar in the Netherlands.. I can't speak to their ability to leverage that for German imports. He also mentioned that Nuleaf Naturals is GMP and FDA certified and meets all the requirements for the CBD Medicare pilot. Sounds like there's a good chance they'll be able to partake in that right out of the gates. He cautioned that revenue growth should be expected there until 2027/2028, not sure why.  Also, it seems that importing to Germany from Canada is proving more time consuming that originally thought, since our first shipment expected the first week of March is now expected to be 30 days late. However we have been successful in importing product from South Africa, Thailand, Malta, and Czech Republic recently.

Alastair097

That's a very cheap fill up in the UK

Jbball9269

If the Fed holds rates steady and UK, BOJ and EU all hike we should have a MONSTER rally

Joeskidoodles

Good thing my UK broker doesn't have ARTL, I'd be fomo-ing big bags at the top, and then muzzling my tears in the casino bathroom, probably.

Wowmuchrya

Iran showing spineless sacks of shit like Canada, Mexico, Japan, and the UK what’s up LMAO IMAGINE getting tariffed and still talking to the pedo

Grgsz

Why is it that all shit the orange does is somehow aligned with UK tax year reset?

Fantastic_Tomorrow53

You’re welcome in the UK

sleepydon

Yeah, it all happens regardless. We tend to look at things all too much with the benefit of hindsight. Afghanistan was a NATO war. The US was almost justified in anything it wanted to do right after 9/11. Iraq was a dumb idea, but hardly anyone really objected to it in the moment as long as they weren't sending their own forces. The UK invaded alongside the US.

AsbestosDude

That’s a pretty distorted version of how that actually works. Carney was at the Bank of England but he wasn’t writing UK laws or handing out fuel contracts Sustainable aviation fuel mandates in the UK are government policy, and they don’t designate a single supplier. Multiple companies produce and compete in that market. So where exactly did he "ensure Brookfield were the ones selling the fuel"? You've still failed to provide any shred of evidence for your claims.

JanMikh

UK announced they’ll have to ration gas in 2-3 weeks.

Dudewheresmycard5

How would UK stocks like Shell or BP be classified? Losers or winners in such as situation?

strolls

Imagine enlisting in the forces to protect America and get an affordable education and you end up spending months on this benighted rock seeing all your buddies getting killed because Trump decided to gob off. I think the countries like US and UK are going to be quite slow to adopt FPV drones and you only need to look at the Ukraine war and Combat Footage subreddits to see what a hellscape that is. FPV drones can be controlled from 10km or 20km away now, using fiberoptic control so they can't be radio jammed, and these fucks are going to be sitting ducks on that island waiting to get resupplied.

runmeupmate

china burns coal for most of its electricity demand. Wind is less than germany or UK

JamieTimee

12% increase for USA vs 20% increase for UK for the ad supported plan. Goes without saying that this beats inflation many times over. I accept price increases and why they happen. I don't accept price gouging and corporate milking.

_freckles__

Hi Everyone, I have a couple of questions. If anyone can guide me in right direction, that will be helpful. Thanks in advance Can someone help with tickers/funds/ETFs/Instruments that perform following functions 1) Fund which invests in top 10 companies in top 10 sectors across the world that are either actively or passively managed . Or top # companies in top # sectors following industry cycles, momentum etc. 2) Funds which invest in corporate bonds globally with yields above 6% and Bond rating above B or BB 3) Funds for dividend - monthly income that are diversified and have no more than 5% of weight in 1 company , with yield between 4 to 5%. What is the taxation on such income in the US if you are investing from Outside US (not a US citizen), from say UK. 4) Any Fund that does HFT with retail investors funds , it is fine if it is 2% and 20% fee model. But the goal is HFT fund that accepts retail investors money and invests in HFT. This more for exploration, I am not looking to optimize returns but to have some fun money put into HFT and see how it works. And a question on bonds, If you buy 30 year US bond that is currently above 4.9%, does this mean if held till maturity, I will get back my principal as well as regular 4.9% coupon every year for 30 years. This seems like a very good deal for 30 years at risk free rate. i) What is the catch except for possibility of US defaulting on the loan? ii) Also, lets say for some emergency i might have to get back my principal, when i sell at that time, will i get back my principal or will its value be different from face value. iii) What is the tax treatment in US when a non citizen purchases such bonds on the monthly income and the principal at maturity. Once again, thanks in advance

TimesandSundayTimes

Oil has climbed higher and global stocks fell as hopes of a faster resolution to the conflict in the Middle East were dimmed by Iran rejecting ceasefire proposals. Tehran responded to a 15-point plan from the US on Thursday, describing claims that it was negotiating with Washington as a “deception”, according to Tasnim, the news agency, which is controlled by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. President Trump warned Iran to “get serious” about a deal that would end the war, after the US said it presented Tehran with the proposals this week. In a video on state television on Wednesday, Lieutenant Colonel Ebrahim Zolfaghari, a spokesman for the Iranian military’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, accused the US of “negotiating with itself”. The one-month futures contract for Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose by almost 6 per cent to just over $108 a barrel, reversing Wednesday’s falls. UK equity markets also eased, with the FTSE 100 closing the day 134.67 points, or 1.3 per cent, lower at 9,972.17. The S&P 500 fell 69.42 points, or 1.05 per cent to 6,522.48 in lunchtime trading in New York

harrison_wintergreen

>Also if you're a European investor, good luck. what data set did you use? Because this type of info would tend to argue the contrary position, depending on how the data was parsed. https://topforeignstocks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Single-Country-Stock-market-Performance-From-2001-to-2020-934x1024.png the UK's FTSE 250 outperformed the S&P 500 for a decade starting in ~2006, in both US dollar and Pound Sterling terms, so it's hardly implausible European stocks can have superior returns over longer periods. https://curvo.eu/backtest/en/compare-indexes/ftse-250-vs-sp-500?currency=eur

Randomname1157

Not that I agree with NATO I think it's stupid but Trump's logic is wrong because the United States didn't help the UK with the Falkland Islands

tri-pug

this MFer actually believes the UK is our longest-standing ally. I guess he forgot about the American Revolution *it's France you regard*

kim82352

> One missile went 2,500 miles; they supposedly didn’t have a missile like that... > ...They shot the now-famous Ireland... the island that the UK was very afraid to give us.

-TrueFacts-

Weirdly it never got love in USA by the looks of it. But charted very well in Aus, UK and Europe. Some "feels" just don't translate well to the home of the brave, land of the free lol.

miata_only

UK carriers are basically just toys, you guys

StraitOfHummus

Mango: "They shot the famous Ireland. The island. The UK. They didn't want to get dragged in."

dead_andbored

There's just no way to win with how countries are set up. The ruling systems exist for the rich and powerful to stay in power. No one can win an election without significant funds backing them up, this is true for every country with US, UK, Germany, Australia, Japan as examples.

Responsible-Tip6940

This case is significant because it sets a rare precedent holding social media companies directly accountable for mental health harms, especially among minors. The $6 million verdict against Meta and Google reflects how internal documents showing deliberate targeting of children and teens can be used to establish negligence or misconduct. If this becomes a bellwether for the roughly 2,000 related lawsuits, the financial exposure could be enormous, potentially in the billions, and it signals that courts are taking the mental health impact of addictive social media seriously. Coupled with government actions like bans for users under 16 in Australia and similar moves in the UK, France, and U.S. states, this could represent a turning point where both legal and regulatory pressures force platforms to rethink how they engage young users. It’s likely that social media giants will face heightened scrutiny, new compliance requirements, and possibly changes in their product design or age restrictions to avoid similar liabilities in the future.

West_Lavishness6689

Honestly it was dec 2020 when i noticed it and realized covid was still crushing this company. after some digging it was the biggest player in the UK and i figured it was backed by the UK government and they wouldnt let it fail. $10 pre-covid me getting tired of day trading, the stress was unreal and sleepless nights watch charts. said fuck it. YOLO on one stock, sit and chill and let it ride. before i went in i told myself i am willing to lose 75% of this money. and if it drop i cannot sell. bought in 2021 around 1.50 and by oct 2022 it was at 0.74 and i kept my cool and never sold. after that it was only up. i dont know why i never sold along the way, "something" told me not to and to keep riding the wave. just like this month "something" told me to get out so i sold it all.

biingobongo

The UK's high energy costs due to extensive investment in renewable energy now looks a lot more appealing to some countries im sure.

no_good_names_avail

"With fossil fuel supplies under severe strain, both the UK and Germany signalled on Wednesday that the energy crisis is accelerating their green transition." Typical Libtards not understanding Trump is playing 12d chess and trying to accelerate green energy for the world. Only FIFA recognizes his greatness.

No-Calligrapher250

Im from the UK so maybe I dont get it... but assuming this story is not some AI generated crap, these people are the victims just like everyone else. Theyve been sold lie after lie after lie. Its like Brexit voters in the UK... you have to try to understand why these "normal" people have been drawn to vote the way they have. Without trying to understand that, there will always be a polarised, finger pointing debate that doesnt get anyone anywhere

TJMBeav

The UK hijacked a Russian oil tanker that was supposedly in UK waters. Source: Bloomberg TV

loud-spider

In the UK here. For better and worse, US market open is after lunch time UK, so I do other things in the morning, and try and wrap up by 1:30-2pm Eastern to get a decent evening.

Azzoguee

So, Theocratic Iran good, Democratic US/UK bad? What about New Zealand, Canada, France, Australia, Germany? I suppose all of them are lying, and Iran is the truth teller? Or is it supposed to be the unnamed journalists I’m supposed to go searching for? Not all news organisation are biased. There are plenty of organizations with a strict adherence to the Editorial code of conduct, that do solid, impartial journalism. I can name my sources. The Associated Press (US), BBC(UK), DW (Germany) and The Globe and Mail (Canada). These will give you evidence based factual reporting. I can guarantee you their standards are higher than whoever it is that you refuse to name, obviously because you do not think they are a credible sources yourself. Otherwise you would not have kept them. The Iranian theocratic state will lie more than any democratic country, any given day (the present us admin is trying to come close though). PS, the democracies haven’t killed as many people as the non democratic countries. Nazi German and Communist China killed far more people than any other, maybe imperialist Britain come close - but none of these were really democracies.

TomatoSpecialist6879

US can't fight at all fronts, that's what Germany and Japan and their ass got pulverized. If the globe unites to screw them, US will go through what UK and Spain went through during and after WW2.

River_Sandhu

From the UK 🥭 has absolutely screwed us. You think your 10 years gone up, take a look where ours is!

Salt_Owl1192

I don’t listen to sources with any govt interests guiding their analysis. Unfortunately the majority of global mainstream news is captured by elites may of whom are staunch zios. Look into the history of the relations between the UK/US/Iran and use that as a basis to identify truth vs obvious propaganda. Basically I avoid the ones who throw the word terrorist around without ever defining it or applying it universally.

GoldenTicketHolder

Still, this was the situation two weeks ago. Wild that the insurance was monopolized to the UK.

Mapleess

To add to this, it seems Trading 212 is able to run with no account fees in the UK because of the income they generate from their CFD side. There's still a foreign currency conversion free per trade for buying/selling shares, but it was an eyeopener to see how much gambling occurs.

Gandalftron

Not only was the war already won, but we also didnt need UK help AND the Iranian nuclear program was already "completely obliterated" as he stated in 2025.....

George_Salt

Their business model resembles that of a crack dealer. In the UK they have offered small-scale demonstration products on sensitive government data, including classified intelligence data and personal medical records. They then persuade government departments that they are now so enmeshed in the datasets and their systems/formats are so proprietary that no one else is capable of providing the service or competing with what they do. So the follow-up contract is awarded without tender. It completely defeats public sector procurement best practice.

Ledd10

I like them for space/satellites exposure for long term. The European defense companies seem the most likely to lead the space exploration for EU and the UK

hayl4bulb

They've only been round less than a year and took over the shell of an old company, most of the financial info online is of the old company. Plus they're UK based so they don't have to file quarterly reports. The numbers might be somewhere but I personally don't know them.

FancifulLaserbeam

That was a description of Iraq, not Iran. There's basically the pro-theocracy people and the anti-theocracy people. What I keep wondering, though, is how big the proportions of the total population each one is. We're kind of led to believe that the Islamist faction is some kind of detested minority, but I'm of the long-considered opinion that *all* governments are democratic, because if people don't like theirs, they always outnumber it and can replace it. It's not like the police and military are recruited from some separate population or grown in the lab to the mullahs' specs; these people are just normal Iranian people. So my question is not whether we needed to stop Iran from getting nukes, especially when we now know that they were lying about their missile stockpiles and range, but whether we can put an end to that with precision strikes and wiping out the military. I think that what we actually would need to do is a full invasion, occupation, hanging of the establishment leadership, set up a puppet state and make it popular, and make sure everything is running smoothly before mostly pulling out, which is what we did after WWII with both Germany and Japan. It was phenomenally expensive, but we could afford it because we were the last man standing, and both Germany and Japan are much more culturally similar (Japan may look/seem different, but it's basically the UK of East Asia—source: I've lived here for over 20 years) to the US. I don't think Trump et al. are really *dumb* (well... Hegseth doesn't strike me as the sharpest tool in the shed...), but I *do* think that whomever wargamed this underestimated Iran's willingness to just soak up abuse and keep fighting. It's the difference between a political war and a religious one. The truly religious cannot be rational.

SlartibartfastMcGee

The rank and file believe that shit, the leadership all love western luxuries and send their kids to school in the US and UK.

sl00k

Is that worth a genocide? Gaza was effectively Palantirs playground, it directly targeted thousands of Palestinian homes to bomb that were normal houses. Today it's literally being used as a data collection tool against all US citizens and being used for immigrant identification which is also horribly inaccurate. Playing this side of the fence is literally like saying yeah Trump did some bad things but Operation warp speed when he's actively committing crimes against humanity on the daily. >helping the UK government with the Ukrainian refugee crisis This was not for free they paid for this. >they were the reason operation warp speed was so successful This could've been done in any data platform, they have nothing special technologically in their data systems.

GandalfTheSexay

Nah, I’m not going to bend to losers like you who would protest cars in favor of keeping covered wagons. Speaking of hospitals, are you aware how much more efficient Palantir made the NHS in the UK? Educate yourself

West_Lavishness6689

before covid $10. dropped to $1.50-$0.74 i thought it would recover and the UK government would let this company fail. I thought it would take 10 years to get to $10 again but they got to almost $20 in 5 years

Big-Beat_Manifesto_

How about when they were the reason operation warp speed was so successful or helping the UK government with the Ukrainian refugee crisis?

mydogmuppet

My UK gas station price today is $7 usd per us gallon and $8 for diesel.

R50cent

I'm just gonna say it. They don't want the straight open. It doesn't actually effect US oil procurement but gives those companies an excellent excuse to drive up prices. The US doesn't get very much of our oil from oil that is transported through the Strait of Hormuz. We get the majority of our oil from Canada. 52 percent from Canada 11 from Mexico. Only 4 to 5 percent comes from Saudi Arabia, another 3 to 4 from Iraq, and another 3 from Brazil. Smaller percentages come from places like Colombia, Venezuela, guyana, Nigeria, Ecuador, and domesticly. Outside of that, the smallest percentages come from places like Africa, or the UK/Norway... Even South Korea. Our. Oil. Does. Not. Flow. Through. The. Strait. The price increases we are seeing are just the same thing we always see: a company with an easy excuse gouging everyone because no one will stop them.

hayl4bulb

Short term, they don't have the capacity. Long term, they can do everything Palantir can for the UK. And the UK will definitely want to switch to UK-based software companies (they already are).

geoffg2

It’s currently the equivalent of $9 a gallon in the UK

Amazing-Jury-6886

I was referring to JPM UK money market fund.