UK

TheMSensation

In the UK our electricity prices are tied to the cost of natural gas for reasons only god can fathom. We are fucked either way.

No_Tree_8144

not only did the tariffs they put work, the tariffs trump slapped on them backfired insanely bad. indias exports to America have gone UP even with like an insane amount of tariffs. the trade deficit with india has actually gotten *worse* in 2025 compared to 2024. On top of that india took complete advantage of the political chaos trump caused everyone. they signed a free trade agreement with the EU, UK, NZ, and Oman since like last summer. Carney said he wanted a FTA with india done by this year. something nobody thought was even on the table 6 months ago. it's honestly kinda impressive to see

throwawaythingu

mate they don’t pay for medical insurance with a lot of these compsci jobs, they get family cover WITH the job, their income can be up to 3-6x more salary than what we get in the UK so the university fees thing isn’t really an issue either considering that could be potentially 20-30yrs down the line as a grad, they have much more scholarship opportunity too if it is an issue.

Jayhawx2

Yeah but in the UK you aren’t paying $1000 a month for your families medical insurance and $500 a month for car insurance and 30-90k a year to send your kids to college.

TernTheNumbers

They joined? Last I heard it was just the UK saying they'd let the US use their bases.

EdgiestOW

I'm sameish age and cash holding as you and I sold like 60% of my portfolio (all equities) on Thursday, so feeling like that was a stroke of luck right now, and probably gonna do what you're gonna do. Core-Satellite is the best way to go imo. I'll go like 60% global ETF. I'm looking at a L&G one since im in the UK and my broker offers a discounted fee on it. Then I have an actively managed growth fund, WS Blue Whale with a manager I trust where I'll put like 20% in. Then the rest in a defence fund I've been holding since Ukraine war, a global healthcare ETF. Then maybe a cybersecurity or uranium ETF. But I'm uncertain about those ETF picks and want to wait until market conditions are less volatile. I also had a gold holding which was like 2% of my portfolio which I got in march last year, made a 50% and just sold that before this weekend which looks like it won't be a great move but that will pale in comparison to the savings I made by selling off my equities when I did. Ultimately, gold is a hedge. It's a bet against inflation and a perfect spot for cash you don't need immediately, but that might be useful as an option to draw funds from (if you need, for whatever reason) during a market crash to shield you from having to draw from positions in the red. Personally I'm not planning on buying more since I feel that I have enough cash in the short-term to prevent me needing to draw from these savings and the growth outlook of my money is better at 100% equities. Equities will always outperform commodities in the long-term. The recent boom (70% annual gain) provided profit opportunities but that's far from the norm. I think gold has reached its new price floor of around $5000 now and it will go up a bit during this war and then come down again afterwards, then just continue moving along steadily. Also, the fact that it seems like everyone is talking about gold right now is an indicator in itself that retail investors have all boarded the train and the market has reached a local top.

tinydisaster

UK base in Cyprus hit by drone, no casualties minor damage. Agenda free tv on YT. Says it sounds like a shahed 176.

_Klagis

and the reason US tried to overthrow the government 1956 and randomly succeeded, pushed by UK

Moepenmoes

Reports coming in now of missiles going from Beirut to Cyprus (UK air base), that's wild if true

djrlrp

RAF base in Cyprus has just been hit. You don't fuck with the RAF... Looks like the UK will be joining in with the fun and games then.

Pale-Way9282

It was a huge financial fraud.  Being run for the benefit of Bangladeshi interests (who were stealing public funds and washing it through property). Been big news in the UK.    

Specialist_Shallot82

Ok but now the middle east is somehow all of the U.S problem now. Despite countries like the UK creating problems like Palestine / Israel…

kaapooj

>Starmer says US can use UK bases for ‘defensive strikes lol Stramer should worry about why he put in an ambassador with for him known ties to e p s t e i n

kaapooj

not a fair fight really US, Israel, UK. France, Germany, UAE probably with intelligence, Iraq, Jordan with bases, ...

Orange_Codex

Technically no, but holding stocks on UK, North American, and the Shenzhen exchange means something's always moving.

kaapooj

imagine as a UK/French/German soldier dying serving the interest of a country that wants to take part of Europe by force

PeterThielHasMyData

Bro really tried to sneak UK, Germany, & France in there.

kaapooj

US, Israel, UK, Germany, France: Wars of aggression are fine as long as u are not our enemy

kaapooj

sadly true, UK, France and Germany again showed their true colors spineless countries all talk about Europe autnomy, Europe first is a baseless lie

Happy_Discussion_536

Even UK, France and Germany are condemning Iran and saying they're appalled by their attacks on their allies. Ho Lee Fuk USA scores a massive win here.

Moepenmoes

"Foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, say they “reserve the right to respond” under Article 51 of the UN Charter" \+ France, Germany and the UK Everyone getting dragged in again

Happy_Discussion_536

>UK, France, Germany vow defensive action against Iran's missile, drone capabilities Ahahahaha. Retard ber beyond fucked. GG, short operation, world against Iran.

MasterElite1

>BREAKING: The UK, France, and Germany indicate in a statement that they are ready to carry out military action against Iran to destroy its missile and drone launch capabilities ✅️

rcantu314

So France Germany and the UK joining in, it’s so over for Iran

Narradisall

Not much in the way of options in the UK alas. Probably for the best for my mental health. There are more brokerages rolling it out but still not there yet.

kaapooj

UK, France didn't learn from Libya lol

MasterElite1

>BREAKING: France, Germany, and the UK are ready to take “defensive action” against Iran - AFP The G7 is ready to devalue their debt.

orangeyougladiator

Love the people still delusional enough to think this will be over soon. French and UK sending their own carrier now to help out. Yeah they’re just posturing right guys?

LookIntoTheHorizon

I've read a story on a YT video. A German woman escaped Germany when the Nazi party came to power. She was barely able to flee and had nothing when she came to the US. She had to pick up cotton for two full years to pay off her passage fare. That's how broke she was. Imagine how much anger in her heart against the Nazi party. Still, people give you a look when you open your mouth and peak in a German accent in the wartime. Germans arrived in the US weren't all well off; it always had been from the 17th century German migrants fleeing from the 30-years war, to the Hessian POWs, to the escapees like her before the WW2, to the German POWs, and to the German migrants after the WW2. I simply cannot fathom how their descendants came to raise their hand for "Sieg Heil". Back to her. She bore a son, and he became a staunch MAGA, and his wife lamented on a YT video. Fascism never has been the problem of a particular migrant or ethnic group. There were Nazi sympathizers in the UK such as Edward VIII, the Duke of Windsor. I believe Fascism (aka "We hate *you*, proudly!") is an issue of mind.

Pale-Way9282

I would fix your energy costs (electricity/gas) as long as you possibly can. Just did 24 months here in the UK

SpeedflyChris

Don't just look at FTSE, spread yourself around a bit. But yes, UK stocks will be less exposed to the AI bubble and the actions of mad king Donald.

IMasterCheeksI

They were a secular democracy until Kermit Roosevelt and the gang of idiots in the US and UK decided to overthrow them.

kaapooj

UK joined the US, Israeli war by shooting down a drone headed to Qatar

LazyMarket7290

To trade on RH UK you need to convert £ to $.

Salty-Bid1597

Minister is more common internationally I think. Here in the UK ministers have private secretaries and *they* also have secretaries. Although the irony is that UK ministers are generally nobodies with no special privileges while US secretaries get the full military band and motorcade treatment.

callsonreddit

I think we mildly red on Mon UK personnel just 200 metres away from Iranian missile strike [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/01/iran-missile-strikes-bahrain-iraq-uk-military-personnel-middle-east](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/01/iran-missile-strikes-bahrain-iraq-uk-military-personnel-middle-east)

throwawaythingu

american salaries r crazy man id be pretty lucky to get $70k in 3 years as a compsci grad in the UK

Ticksdonthavelymph

I don’t know, you didn’t go to highschool or college? They were a tiny tiny fraction of America, and that was their biggest rally. The government actively put out anti Nazi propaganda to fight them, and the UK had the same issue with fascists leading up to entry… We also created the eugenics movement for “better” babies, had contests for best families at state fairs, and sterilized special needs people related to it in a couple states in the 1930s. But when the Nazis went wild with eugenics it quickly became very very unpopular in the US. Anyway, there is a movement I’ve noticed really in the last week on Reddit to try and rewrite America as being pro Nazi in WW2, and avoiding the war, and it isn’t the case. I hate it here too right now, but don’t do our grandparents and great grandparents a disservice. They were antifa just as much as we are. and they died for it. And FDR wanted to enter the war earlier, but American isolationism (as a result of worthless deaths in the Great War) made that untenable at the onset. We did however build between 647 Billion and 1 Trillion dollars (in today’s money) of weapons and supplies as part of the lend lease program— and that aide didnt go to Germany…

OpeDefinitely

Iran is so lost right now. Shooting anything & everything, but with no efficacy. Dumb fucks fired ballistic missiles at UK bases in Cyprus. The UK was lowkey chill & now you've roped another power that you really don't want fucking with you into this.

kitehousecyprus

Yes of course but not only. 0,49% real return instead of assumed 10-15% means price of shares are 10-15% cheaper than assumed. And if you count in also drop of dollars and US inflation than we can say discount is around 20-30%. But I wouldn’t run to buy because there is very “beautiful” discount. It could last much longer and it could drop much deeper. Like OP ask: stepping away from US markets? I say yes, is not bad decision. Me personally not selling yet my old positions as it stays flat so far. . But definitely not buying new already for 3 months. I continue buying only ETFs focused on Canada, South Korea, EU, UK, Japan, Taiwan.

Limp_Criticism7113

A certain someone in a certain file would suggest otherwise. The FBI stages his relocation, his accomplice is found in the UK roaming free and the bulk of the perpetrators are still free. They even redacted the names of the criminals to protect them. I don't think God is with us anymore. He has either forsaken us, or "God is dead, we killed him; and not all the water in all the rivers of the world is enough to wash away the blood." -Frederick Nietzhe

Limp_Criticism7113

A certain someone in a certain file would suggest otherwise. The FBI stages his relocation, his accomplice is found in the UK roaming free and the bulk of the perpetrators are still free. They even redacted the names of the criminals to protect them. I don't think God is with us anymore. He has either forsaken us, or "God is dead, we killed him; and not all the water in all the rivers of the world is enough to wash away the blood." -Frederick Nietzhe

Crazy_Donkies

UK is involved. 

LazyMarket7290

It's Robinhood UK you r3tard. 🤡

LegalHelpNeeded3

We all knew it was coming. Midday yesterday, the UK pulled all of their staff out of the embassy in Iran. They wouldn’t do that if they didn’t know something was coming. Also the U.S. doesn’t posture. If they’re moving a shitload of equipment and troops into the region, they’re planning on striking. This was the most telegraphed move of all time.

JohanLiebert92

I'm from the UK but just wanna ask, does the American market care for what happens in Iran? 🤔

Unhappy_Hedgehog_808

The entire Islamic revolution was instigated and backed by the US and UK governments because Iran wanted to nationalize their oil resources. The IRGC would not be in power today had the US government decided not to be scum.

No_Cod972

same with UK

Dbestinvest

UK has entered the chat

Jimmy_Nail_4389

If you're in the UK you may have missed that episode because the BBC did not show it due to that line.

AllWhatsBest

UK is American pet anyway. Not as much as USA is an Israeli wh.. but still.

rbraalih

Um no. UK not participating

Correction-Please

That’s unlikely but possible. Luckily Russia are busy with Ukraine and the UK have sensibly distanced themselves from it at the moment. So a regional war at most.

Bazzer82

Microsoft, Silver and Google, probably. Also, from doing a month inside in a UK prison, don't smoke if that's possible. The most hassle I had (20 years ago) was people asking for tobacco. Makes it a lot easier to just say you don't smoke instead of making up excuses why you can't spare any. Read books, it takes you away to another place for a while. 

Jason_Steakcum

You remember what happened the last time the UK got their ass kicked and came crying to the CIA to overthrow the government of Iran so they could regain control of the oil fields? It led to the current situation

BringOutTheImp

\>I’m in the UK Oh so you're one of the "Four Lions". Yeah that figures.

Sad-Way2099

lol you in the US and a bootlicker for Israel. Bro you pay to stay alive. I’m not in the US, why would I stay in a place where they so thick to give money to Israel and keep their own citizens in debt and not provide them healthcare! I’m in the UK, we get healthcare. So why would I be mad. You lot are funny 🤣 Beating your chest for Israel not the US. Let me also guess you call yourself a patriot right 😂😂

No_Assistance5652

LSJ is the second biggest Pedo Island after UK.

Left-Associate3911

The ever growing numbers and burgeoning welfare bill seem to suggest otherwise. Even Labour itself agrees the projected welfare bill is unsustainable. There is either something in the water of the UK which means the population is unusually more chronically sick and in need this help than any other country; or folks have figured out claiming welfare Is better than working. I suggest the latter rather than the former.

Mental-At-ThirtyFive

Yes. But not convinced it is the smaller funds that are at risk - it all depends on what's on the books. Banks got hit by a UK lender this week, and this is not even AI or software but good old fraud (I think) And AI capital commitment is in an industry with Chinese competition. Have fun. Expect higher funding costs. Lower rates but higher spreads I think Paramount/Ellison got lucky on the timing with middle east financing but would like to see them stumble and will drink to that

Orange_Codex

This looks like a phenomenal find. I'm very dubious of explorer / extractor schedules, because so much can do wrong or be underestimated, however - much like The Metals Company - there are geostrategic reasons this won't be *allowed* to fail. Hopefully Italy does the smart (Norwegian) thing and re-invests the milk, not the stupid (UK) thing of allowing foreign investors to run off with the cow.

shimmy_kimmel

It’s just a running joke at this point That said, the UK, China, and Canada pulling their diplomatic staff out and issuing travel warnings isn’t nothing. Could just be a precaution but ya never know.

coindev1

I'm afraid you were comparing apples to oranges here. Despite the recurrent theme of self-aggrandizement that is integral to the British psyche, the UK never had a global prominence comparable to the US. At least not in the developed world (only Napoleon did according to Brzezinski) and certainly not on the monetary front, as explained in my other post [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Gold/comments/1g9mmzm/comment/ltqw4ru/?context=3). Reserve currencies as we understand them today are a post Bretton Woods phenomenon.

SnooGiraffes449

What type of account was it? UK regs has negative balance protection for CFD and spread bet. But in my experience of how highly regarded people in this sub are I'm guessing you were options trading? 

Bazzer82

Did you know that you'd seen the best of times? I was watching the Tom Petty 'Free Fallin' video today from the UK. That pretty much looked like the American dream. That was where you'd plateau'd. We in the UK emulated you gladly. It was great. Now, everything's fucked here. Our government couldn't give a fuck about us common people. I wish you the best. We're moving out into the countryside.

ChornWork2

Same reason European banks and asset managers are down, and it has nothing to do with the three points you raised. another private credit failure happened -- see MFS in UK.

RockCultural4075

Looks like tn is the last night of peace for Iran. Even China and UK are evacuating their citizens. Puts on spy calls on silver

pointsouttheobvious9

Lol don't tell me stuff I won't accept. I don't live in UK dint understand anything UK related. You do and know stuff so it's easier to ask you for the source. And I can read it and compare to others to make my own opinion. I asked because I was curious.

pointsouttheobvious9

In the UK unemployed people make more than employeed ? Got any sources?

Left-Associate3911

Well look at the near historic highs of the level of taxation the UK is facing and the last budget - raising taxes even further to pay for the shirkers.

KittyLover-7

The UK government has issued a travel warning for Israel and Palestine and withdrawn its diplomatic staff from Iran, as the US advises embassy officials in Jerusalem they can leave. Yeah fuck holding this pile of shit over the weekend 🤣

Left-Associate3911

Or in the UK get your free £40 in welfare, and then come back and ask for more...because welfare is free and unlimited.

AdAny631

What’s your actual position. Is this a leg of a spread that got exercised? Also, why you buying US options while in the UK. Isn’t that a pain tax wise?

IsThereAnythingLeft-

Diversify to more EU and UK ETfs

ThrowRAkakareborn

Just move to some exotic country without an extradiction agreement to the UK, sell everything before and move the money to a financial paradise, if you are quick, you’ll never pay a dime, fuck it.

PhasedVenturer

UK politics

TellMoney5802

They don’t have Wendy’s in the UK. He’ll have to apply to Wimpy’s.

C130J_Darkstar

You’re oddlycomparing raw megawatts instead of deployment strategy. Oklo Inc. isn’t building 15 MW reactors. The commercial Aurora configuration is ~75 MWe. That size is intentional. Hyperscale data campuses are built in phases, typically ~50–150 MW per data hall. A 75 MW unit drops directly into that cadence. That’s not “cute”… it’s a design specifically designed as a product–market fit for data centers. A 1–2 GW campus is not energized all at once. It’s phased. With Aurora you can: • Add capacity in 75 MW increments • Match power delivery to construction timelines • Create built-in redundancy with multiple units • Avoid single-asset concentration risk • Scale to 1+ GW through aggregation Ten to fifteen Aurora units gives utility-scale output but with modular deployment and redundancy. That’s the entire point of SMRs. Now compare that to Rolls-Royce SMR at ~470 MWe. That’s effectively a mini–large reactor. It carries: • Mega-project execution risk • Massive upfront capital concentration • Longer construction timelines • A single large outage risk instead of distributed redundancy And timing matters. Rolls-Royce’s first unit is projected for the early-to-mid 2030s, primarily in the UK. Oklo is targeting first commercial deployment in 2027. Even if that slips, it’s still materially earlier. AI infrastructure expansion is happening now. Not 2034. If you believe: • U.S. data center demand accelerates this decade • Customers want phased, on-site generation • Speed to deployment matters • Capital efficiency and repeatability win Then smaller, factory-built, repeatable units deployed domestically have the edge. Bigger is not automatically better in nuclear. In fact, the entire SMR thesis exists because mega-scale nuclear projects have historically blown out on cost and schedule. Rolls-Royce is pursuing sovereign-backed UK baseload strategy. Oklo is pursuing modular, U.S.-based, data-center-aligned deployment later this decade. Those are two completely different plays. If the market window is 2027–2032 U.S. AI buildout, the first mover with a modular product wins- not the company delivering half-gigawatt units in the 2030s.

littlecomet111

Revise, at least in the UK meaning, means to refresh your knowledge of something you already learned. ‘I’m going to revise for my exam.’ For the avoidance of doubt, scenario 1 would be not knowing something. Asking AI for the answer is risky because AI might be wrong. Scenario 2 would be knowing something. Asking AI for the answer would not be risky because, if it is wrong, you would know. It’s not a difficult concept.

Direct-Protection-81

Check the stats, they might be first. Oklo are developing 15 megawatt SMRs. Cute. RR are developing 0.5GW. Considering these data centers will be around 1-2GW in power, guess who has the competitive edge. RR are also one of the only tarif free companies between the USA and the UK. Search this headline posted recently. US ‘disappointed’ that Rolls-Royce will build UK’s first small modular reactors | Nuclear power | The Guardian

theverybigapple

HOOD works in UK?

JeffreyEggstein12

the UK stocks seem to be doing well compared to US. Every week here is red with two green days, there is direction but is very slow at moment. Best would be invest in Vanguard Tot. international, VTIAX, for now atleast. but if you see a stock like Meta and MCSF thats well below average, jump in but dont go all in.

PositivelyAbsurd

He's in the UK while the stock is settled in USD. Therefore he needs to deposit the sterling that equates to the dollars he needs

EKUSUCALIBA

Not quite sure what you mean in terms of onboarding. If you mean regulatory requirements to trade, I don’t think there was any, really, at least I don’t remember goin through hoops when setting up my IBKR UK account. OH right, US citizens apparently can’t trade foreign cash-settled index options? Not quite sure on that front. Liquidity wise, it’s not that great. Even with weeklies they only really ramp up a few days before close. I’d give more concrete metrics if I could, but honestly I’m not sure where to look for that info 😅 but as far as my experience goes, I rarely get fills the first day a weekly contract goes live. Which leads me to another point I forgot to mention: weekly contracts only go live the very week before. In other words, a contract expiring in 2nd week of March doesn’t get listed until the 1st week.

Abhi69xd

To trade on robinhood UK you need to convert pounds to USD

EbbNorth7735

Literally any UK account shipping out of China with a history if selling stamps. That's like 80% of the scams. If I've noticed it so have they but their afraid it'll gut the available auctions I assume.

MaTtHeW00369

You've already seen UK outperform recently, so shifting some weight there isn't crazy. Whether it's a long term trend or just a breather from US dominance? Hard to say. 50/50 feels sensible, maybe tilt a bit toward UK /Europe if the conviction is there.

Reasonable_Water6232

How are the trading times for You in UK?

nazif53

The UK property MOU could be a solid revenue booster for $TROO.

bexley831

Quite...any thoughts on UK company STEP (nyse symbol stepstone group) i just bought some (huge dump but looks solid)

RoundExit4767

Heading that way sadly except for voting. That will be last. He's destroying the dollar. We lost Canada import export in last few days. USA is alone right now. All of the 7 allies agreed with Canada and assured trade as normal besides cutting USA out of a middle man type percentage of Canada's deals. Was speaking of denying trade with US ,Canada said. When US loses UK,Canada, Australia,Japan, US is sunk..its happening like Orwells text book..

RoundExit4767

Heading that way sadly except for voting. That will be last. He's destroying the dollar. We lost Canada import export in last few days. USA is alone right now. All of the 7 allies agreed with Canada and assured trade as normal besides cutting USA out of a middle man type percentage of Canada's deals. Was speaking of denying trade with US ,Canada said. When US loses UK,Canada, Australia,Japan, US is sunk..its happening like Orwells text book..

Tha_Sly_Fox

Going off script here but just watched a bunch of muppets/Henson/ sense street/ fragile rock YouTube documentaries and man Jim Henson was awesome Did you know they created Fraggle Rock in a way the above ground portion could be refilled in various countries to allow them to do their own language and culture. The UK version has a sea captain, I think the German version had a clock maker ….. I’ll leave now.

kjsmitty77

Particularly outside of North American and UK markets. Netflix won the worldwide streaming wars. They are the streaming app nearly everywhere and it’s not close.

cunextu

Good feedback, , interestingly my US stocks were performing so well at the end of last year and now They’re all down, whereas in general, my UK portfolio is all up, RR, Barclays, gsk almost doubled in a year , that’s an insane return compared to the US, also the FX impact is killing me, I bought with a pretty high US exchange rate vs GBP ,

027a

To be honest, there is no alternative in the world to the US public sector. Even the single wins the EU sometimes scores, like Ozempic or Mistral, are short-lived and instantly out-competed by the US (Tirzepitide, everything US AI). The EU hangs on to the wins like pearls because they’re so rare, meanwhile almost no one has heard of Retatrutide, its going to save millions of lives a year beyond Ozempic, and that’s like just another day for Lilly & US biopharma. I’d put a diverse position into ASML, because that’s roughly the last great EU company left. Beyond that: if the US goes down, the entire world is absolutely and totally fucked. Your EU/UK diversification will not save you, you’ll be buried so far underground your capital will never see daylight again.

frankslastdoughnut

yeah. It's a pre revenue tech company that just got full EPA approval (EU and UK as well) to sell a nano wonder material. If you are looking for established revenue, this probably isn't the play for you sugar plum. Go buy VISA or VZ or some shit.

EnotPoloskun

Wasn’t UK in economical stagnation for decade before Thatcher got power mostly due to strong unions and government being large employer which led to inefficient workforce?(it was almost impossible to fire people)

itchybeats

Is a Roth the same as our stocks and shares ISA in the UK?

BouMarti

I think a full growth scenario including HK Golden, UK property, and Malaysia co-living shows $TROO could scale impressively.