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GaameChanger69

Definitely the latter - have you heard about the UK bin man who won lotto, spunked the lot and then went back to his job ?

Country_Gravy420

🥭 tweeting about the UK keeping Diego Garcia while trying to deport all Hispanics is pure modern day America

ranchitomorado

Damn, and I thought our tax regime was bad! (UK)

Andrew_Higginbottom

Ferrari and UK government are but two others I know of. When companies tendered for the Navy contracts, when talking about PLTR, they said "no others even came close to what PLTR brought to the table". ..or words to that effect.

Put_Er_There_Sport

Pope is backing the UK instead of the USA to solve world problems.

AnyHat8807

Thankfully, you guys took one for the team and showed the world exactly why we shouldn't. Australia, Canada and UK went pretty far left (and non-populist) in next elections after that. I only hope it holds.

SouthNice7324

No good for us europoors with our UK based leveraged etfs which go offline at 11:30am US time

Prometheus_1094

Yeah he went into Venezuela and it worked because they had some insiders help and that made sure the Venezuelan army wouldn't fight back. Also Iran is a completely different league to Venezuela. And while yes, the US can complete destroy the US, it would come at a cost. But honestly, I can't wait for the downfall of this imperialist US. Get your bases off my countries, what the fuck are you doing in the UK and Spain ? How does it help us? It doesn't, it's only you projecting soft power and using us to have control over the Mediterranean sea. I count the days where our governments finally stand up to US interference

Crazy95jack

UK joke both of our accents and the police being stupid

Objective_Mousse7216

In the UK for £149 I can get a refurbed Dell OptiPlex 5050 SFF PC - Core i5-7500 3.4GHz - 256GB SSD 16GB - Windows 10 Pro

Tharusha_Sachindra

UK's GameStop😂

BelDeMoose

It's Japan and now the UK who own the most dollar debt.

GaameChanger69

Just do opposite of what premarket does and you'll be fine. Premarket pumps because low CPI in UK, short it sell off in asia arvo, long it. \^-------- loop

LordKrups

Highly reccomend CassetteBoy though they mainly do UK remixes [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8uOPrU4B9s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8uOPrU4B9s) Here is a bonus Trump one from 2016 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmMUznSig3I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmMUznSig3I)

Amazing-Jury-6886

UK is the second largest holder of us treasuries

AdImmediate9569

Well… “why not” could applied to any country. Why not the UK? Why not Slovenia? So… why china?

izCS

Plenty F-22 in the UK. You know what time it is boys. Right?

TheKaboodle

I also work in the industry (UK). Currently on a Netflix film. They already ignore our union and openly cherry pick terms from our negotiated deals. I’m dreading them being successful in acquiring WBD - it’ll embolden them to be even bigger dicks. Our independent film industry is on its fucking knees thanks to Netflix, Disney, Amazon & Apple smothering it. A more powerful Netflix or Paramount becoming a player will not help.

Orange_Codex

House prices shooting up though (at least here in the UK).

arranft

[Lab-grown meat goes on sale in UK dog food](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy12ejz0mwo)

llDS2ll

You're doing it wrong. I can't click your links because I'm in the UK and imgur is banned here, but you need to figure it out. I literally went through this yesterday myself and had a $145K tax bill until I figured it out. Nearly died.

suiluhthrown78

why has prince andrew not been convicted of anything either in the US or UK, there is no one seemingly supporting him and his powerful parents are dead

wsb_crazytrader

It’s not a bad idea per se. There would be no transaction fees for restaurants for example. The UK is doing something similar but building an alternative payment processor rather than a digital £.

Creative-Package6213

China is winning so hard right now. They've basically captured every sweet trade deal we've made in the past 40 years for themselves and even opened themselves up for more tourism from the UK and Canada.

ihopethisworksfornow

England has some baddies and the RP accent is the hottest accent in existence. UK dark skinned girls 🔥

Wild_Height_901

Perhaps. But I am glad canada is getting out of its usual complacency. Time to open up trade to more countries. Lift some tariffs. Life interprovincial trade restrictions and start working on more domestically. Canada for far too long has leaned heavily on the US and the EU/UK. The only reason we could afford universal Healthcare.

old-tennis-shoes

Open the fucking casino, why should I in the UK be punished with boredom for some dead old guy??

Competitive-Tea-6141

It's to come to an agreement on bridging EU rules and CPTPP rules (especially around rules of origin). Recall that CPTPP was originally supposed to be TPP under Obama but then in his first term, Trump pulled out. At first everyone assumed it was dead, but the remaining partners struck a new deal with TPP. The UK also joined CPTPP last year

_DoubleBubbler_

A clean energy tech agreement has been signed by the UK & California today, which includes cooperation on long duration energy storage systems, which is especially interesting following Invinity’s agreement last week about opening two assembly lines in California. [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-california-climate-and-energy-agreement/uk-california-memorandum-of-understanding](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-california-climate-and-energy-agreement/uk-california-memorandum-of-understanding)

maffoobristol

Classic wsb loss porn incoming, since studies show UK dental health is actually better than in the US

Spiritual_Breakfast9

They want people to be reliant on the government. It's the same in the UK

Abe2025

[Laugh](https://share.google/Xk2UK4Yohsl1qQN0H)

Murky-Ambition3898

Negative. It's TUN on the UK exchange.

Demonkittymusic

Where the hell do you live. UK taxes are along the highest in Europe, yet when you factor in social security, Medicare and state taxes, they’re still lower than the US. And property taxes are much lower and you don’t have to fork over a kidney for health insurance.

Riley_

Expat is when immigrants from US or UK think they are better than the citizens of the country they live in.

Jimny977

I’m so glad for the UK in this regard. Our taxes on upper middle incomes are brutal due to tax traps, like much of Europe except ours is more a weird quirk that uniquely punishes high incomes but not super high incomes, and we have plenty of issues generally. With that all said, ISAs and SIPPs are so insanely generous and beneficial. You can invest £20k/yr into an ISA with post tax income and it’s completely tax free forever after, accessible instantly and at any age. You can invest another £60k into a SIPP or other pension, which you get full marginal rate tax relief on the contribution and can access from 55 or 57. FIRE is a big thing for me and as an example, say you hit £2m split 50/50 and draw 3%, (with it accumulated very tax efficiently on the way in too), your total gross income is £60k. Your tax bill will be £2.6k/yr, so about 4% of your income (this is taken proportionally for simplicity, obviously in practice you take from your ISA more in pre SIPP access years, potentially SIPP more pre state retirement age etc). The Netherlands is getting fucked, Ireland are already brutally fucked regarding pensions, ETFs and taxation too. It feels like most of Europe is setup to intentionally keep the middle class as wage slaves. Meanwhile in the UK it almost feels uniquely setup specially for FIRE, as not only is the tax situation for it insanely generous, but your ISA means you can FIRE at any age without age based access issues if you plan it right. I think we are doing far worse than a lot of Europe economically and politically right now, but I’m so glad for the above.

AppearanceFeeling397

Totally delusional. UK salaries are rock bottom while cost of living is through the roof. 60% tax rates if you earn anywhere near £100k and you're locked out of all benefits

Blue_winged_yoshi

Even at £300k your figures won’t take you to 10 million dude! I don’t think you are grasping how unusually huge a sum that is. You think you go down any remotely normal hospital and ask how much a renal consultant makes and it’s >300k a year? I’ve got a bridge to sell you. Regular ass doctors are getting a third of a million bucks a year throughout their career? I’ve got a bridge to sell you. And frankly if you guys are actually paying normal doctors anything like a third of a million a year, that’s not a good thing, it just makes *you* poorer. Yeah 9 figure sums you have to do more than be an employee without a serious stake in a company. Even if you make $500,000 a year, to get to reach that point in your career and hold it for 20 years having not spent a dime of it. You think 35 year old resident doctors make anything like that? Come along, be serious. And consultant doctors in Germany make about $160k + a host of benefits. Same as UK basically. You get about that much a year plus you end up with a $1.6m pension fund, plus you get 7 weeks annual leave a year. That’s not crummy at all.

AmbitiousEconomics

You have to remember the average family of four pays around $30k for medical expenses a year and the average family in the UK pays 0, as well as education cost means you can live the same lifestyle in the UK on much less money.

tsap007

Naturally it varies by country within the EU and UK, but the overall comparison stands. This is pretty well documented. The capacity with both diagnostic imaging machines and cancer specialists is less in the EU, with some countries lagging more than others. The # of diagnostic imaging machines is 86 CT/MRI/PET scanners per million people in the [US](https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/health-at-a-glance-2025_15a55280-en/united-states_3517f35e-en.html) versus 52.8 per million in the [EU](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Healthcare_resource_statistics_-_technical_resources_and_medical_technology).

ings0c

Huh? £100k is more than $130k at exchange. The cost of living is lower than the US in nearly all of the UK bar possibly London.

Mirojoze

I disagree. I'm very curious how you came to this conclusion, because it doesn't line up at all to what friends in the UK have said! To afford the same lifestyle in the UK that a 130k USD annual income will buy you in most places in the US you'd almost certainly have to make over 100k GBP a year (assuming you take cost of living differences and the impact of taxes into consideration). We could drill down into some detail to see, but when you look at what you have to expend to get a rough comparable "lifestyle" this is how it breaks down.

Agitated-Actuary-195

Here the list of just some of them…. All lies • “£350 million a week for the NHS” • “Turkey is about to join the EU / 76 million Turks could come to the UK” • “The EU is forcing Britain into an EU army” • “The EU makes 60–80% of UK laws” • “We send £350m a week and get nothing back” • “Brexit will let us redirect all EU payments to public services immediately” • “The UK has no control over EU immigration” • “EU membership bans Britain from striking its own trade deals” (presented without transition/complexity caveats) • “Brussels bans bendy bananas / straight cucumbers” • “Brexit will trigger an immediate recession” • “500,000 jobs will be lost immediately after a Leave vote” • “Every household will be £4,300 worse off” (presented as a guaranteed bill) • “House prices will crash 10–18% straight after a Leave vote” • “World War III” implications from leaving the EU • “The NHS will collapse if we leave the EU” • “Leaving the EU means we leave Europe” • “Brexit will automatically stop all EU migrants from coming” • “The EU is about to abolish the UK veto in key areas affecting sovereignty”

6501

> There's an obvious "over X amount" clause. Its not intended to apply globally. I will point out that the "over X amount" clause when implemented in the UK for income taxes, has been the subject of fiscal drag. If the US is subject to a period of large asset inflation, and no corresponding increase in that clause, you would implicitly drag the upper middle class into your wealth tax regime like the UK has done for their top rate of marginal taxes. Such a scenario is very likely given the way Congress and the deficit currently look. What is your proposal to prevent that from happening?

Agitated-Actuary-195

NO NO NO….. I live in the UK and hate brexit and all of its consequences…. But I don’t blame the 51% that voted for this, they were lied to, targeted with misinformation, sold a story, sold a dream… DO NOT blame people for this… don’t blame people that are suffering, don’t blame each other… The 1% club are gearing up for far worse, be careful out there folks and be careful who you call out and abuse….

Whythehellnot_wecan

Not hacking but like the other guy said there are positives and negatives to different systems, cultures, and dare I saw certain policies adopted. I don’t think all EU countries trust their government to act in their best interest. France and UK come to mind. I have friends in both countries and don’t think they share the same sentiment. I also have a Swiss friend who from as far as I can tell lives in nirvana.

randomthrowaway9796

When I say cheaper, I dont necessarily mean cheaper than pork and chicken. But in places like India, Australia, and the UK, lamb is far cheaper than beef, even if it is slightly more expensive (like 10-15%) than pork and chicken.

AmbitiousEconomics

$130k usd gets you approximately the same lifestyle as \~£45k in the UK for some perspective

Wonderful_Hamster933

Yeah Europe is insane. As an American, I’ve often wondered about the financial opportunities in Europe and how anybody is able to become wealthy. It’s not easy in America either but it’s a hell of a lot more possible than living in Europe or the UK. I feel blessed to at least have the ability to try.

CaptainGeneric87

This kinda shit is why I don't invest in Europe. Insanely stupid policy and regulation to further benefit scrounging people whilst working contributing people get screwed more and more. The UK is the same unfortunately. No one with any wealth will remain soon.

FudgingEgo

In the UK, you get to put £20,000 into an account each year, and it's totally tax free. If you make £10k or £1m you pay no tax, you just cannot put more than £20,000 in the account each year.

Useful_Support_4137

It essentially will result in rich people leaving, as it has in the UK. What is really needed is a global strategy to target off-shore accounts but there are many countries that would be opposed (including Switzerland, Ireland, UAE and the Cayman Islands).

Blue_winged_yoshi

If I knew this answer I would be retired and probably enjoying my private spa not on Reddit! Are you worth $10m (press X to doubt). Common pathways to becoming high net worth are tbe same as anywhere else though, set up company have it be successful then either retain earnings or sell. Alternatively go work for a high income industry - PE, City in London or whatever. Either way, invest as you go and grow your net worth. I really don’t think folks in the U.S. realise quite how rich many parts of Europe are, of quite how poor many parts of the U.S. are. Europe is a services super power. The only thing Europe lacks is more oil than we need so we don’t have Middle Eastern dumb money, the rest? It’s here. You want unicorn start ups? Well guess where has the most per capita? Estonia! In case per capita isn’t your jam, well UK is fourth, Germany 5th, France 6th. Only countries ahead of the big European countries are USA, China and India all of whom are functional continents not countries with multiple times the population. Europe *really* ain’t broke. I’ve no idea why the yanks are so dumb they can’t see it despite all of the evidence to back it up.

superhead50

I refuse to invest in the European Union or the UK. Too high of a regulatory and tax risk. On a drop of a dime an industry can have it's taxes or ability to operate catastrophically changed. Too business unfriendly to risk money if my returns will be siphoned away by the government there. Canada, Switzerland, and Australia are where it's at for foreign investing. Maybe brazil and India for high risk/reward.

acer67

Ah im in the UK so have no experience with that

FlamboyantPirhanna

Private insurance as an option lowers the quality of healthcare for public healthcare. This is an issue in the UK.

Aliman581

In the UK and Europe we pay about $10-12 per gallon and still EV adoption is slow because people who live in apartments can't use EVs because the chargers are always broken or stolen.

TheNathanNS

Speaking as a Brit, if you're living in the UK, use an ISA. All stock investment platforms offer one. It lets you put up to £20k every year (each April, when our tax-year begins) and ANY profits you make are 10000% tax free. No tax on profits, no tax on dividends*, no tax on interest. All of it is tax free, even when you withdraw. Still get access to invest in US, Canadian and EU listings too, instead of just being restricted to UK / LSE only listings. It's arguably one of the very few fantastic things about investing here, and very generous for what it is. *: we still get taxed in US owned stocks, but we're made to sign a W8-BEN form before we're allowed to buy US shares, and any taxes from dividends are automatically taken upon dividend payment, but iirc that applies to all non-US residents.

Happy_Discussion_536

Yea but that's for NATO and Russian activity near UK waters. I suppose it's possible there's some high level coordination and operation Firecrest is a smoke screen with a 3rd from US is coming... but we haven't seen that yet.

orangeyougladiator

The UK just deployed one to the North Atlantic which I imagine is to free up a third for the US

ripvanmarlow

Since the beginning of time all investment adverts have clearly stated "the value of your investments can go down as well as up". Taxing unrealised gains is beyond insanity. It is unanimously understood that you cannot predict what the stock market is going to do. And yet the government wants a predictable yearly tax to work on top of this uncertainty. I thought the UK had shitty tax laws but this is next level. Surely this is almost guaranteeing massive capital flight?

fakehealer666

Damn, I see this coming to the UK, the system is designed to us poor

HowObvious

absurd isnt really the point they are making. $130k in the UK puts you within the top ~3% of earners in the UK. Its really not that insane that it would put you into the 2nd highest tax band. Its not an absurd amount of money but it makes sense that such a small proportion would fall into the top bands.

internetmeme

I was utterly confused with how Trump was treating Europe the past 8 years. We are all championing western values, I have thought. His behavioral was and still is despicable. But am starting to see some key fundamental differences in how Europeans want to run a society vs America. This is a great one. Also UK’s current battle against hate speech is concerning.

PriorLeast3932

For example, Jim Ratcliffe co-owns Manchester United FC one of the richest clubs in world sports. He pays £0 UK income tax and has tax residency in Monaco.  Guy isn't exiled lmao. This happens all the time with the ultra rich everywhere. 

AnonymousTimewaster

So in the UK, pensions (where basically all investment is) aren't taxed at all until you take the money out as income. I believe it's similar or the same in the US with 401k accounts. Is that not the same with this?

OldTimez

Im from the UK and everyone here knows we don’t have free speech. Vance was right to criticise us.

last-shower-cry-was

Fascist populism in America and sheer incompetence in Europe... Free speech attacked in the UK Canada and Australia. Combined with debt and cost of living, the west is completely toast.

ASValourous

UK/Aus. They aren’t the problem, the top 0.01% etc are: https://joshworth.com/dev/wealthgap/

Sufficient-Skill9530

Just wait and see what happens to IS bonds when the US and Israel attack Iran… The U.S. presence is currently in a state of "surge." While the baseline for the region is roughly 40,000 to 50,000 troops, recent deployments have likely pushed this number higher. Naval Assets (The "Armada") The U.S. is transitioning from one to two Carrier Strike Groups (CSGs) in the theater. USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72): Currently on station in the Arabian Sea. It carries Carrier Air Wing 9, which includes F-35C Lightning II stealth fighters and F/A-18E/F Super Hornets. USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78): The world’s largest aircraft carrier was ordered to the region on February 13, 2026. It is currently en route from the Caribbean and is expected to arrive within three weeks. Surface Combatants: Guided-Missile Destroyers: At least six are active, including the USS McFaul and USS Mitscher (Strait of Hormuz), and USS Delbert D. Black (Red Sea). Littoral Combat Ships (LCS): Three ships (USS Canberra, USS Tulsa, and USS Santa Barbara) are operating in the Persian Gulf. Airpower (Fighters & Bombers) The U.S. Air Force has significantly reinforced its "land-based" footprint at bases in Jordan, Qatar, and the UAE. Bombers: B-52 Stratofortresses are currently deployed to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar as a strategic deterrent. Fighter Squadrons: F-15E Strike Eagles: Roughly 36 aircraft (three squadrons) are stationed in Jordan at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base. F-16 Fighting Falcons: One squadron is currently deployed. A-10 Thunderbolt II: One squadron provides close-air support in the Gulf. F-35A Lightning II: Additional stealth jets have been moved to bases in Europe (UK and Spain) to be "on call" for rapid deployment into the Middle East. Tankers & Logistics KC-135 Stratotankers: Dozens of aerial refueling tankers are operating out of Al Udeid (Qatar) to support 24/7 combat air patrols. Airlift: Over 120 C-17 and C-5 transport flights were recorded between January and February to move equipment for this buildup.

draw2discard2

Oh, yes, MI6 is definitely the best source for understanding what happens in a country that the UK is hostile too. They are so accurate in their portrayals of other wars! Its like you kids think that its only OTHER countries that produce propaganda.

Ok_Cry7572

Every time a gov jacks capital gains taxes to 30%+, the exact same thing happens. - France, 2012: pushes a 75% levy on incomes over €1m. Within months, high-profile millionaires explore exits. The measure quietly expires after its two-year run. - UK, 1960s–70s: Top rates reach 83% on earnings and up to 98% on investment income. Talent and capital leak out. Tax-avoidance industries boom. later slashes rates to restore competitiveness. - Sweden, 1970s–80s: Crushing marginal rates plus a wealth tax. IKEA's founder moves to Switzerland for decades. Sweden eventually abolishes the wealth tax and trims top burdens.

LongevitySpinach

The UK is saving our ass. I think Japan is slightly down from peak of US bond holdings in 2022. The fiscal and monetary regimes in JP have changed. Their fiscal situation is much worse than ours, probably not safe to assume they will be a consistent buyer of US bonds from here. One the private side, the yen carry trade is carrying more and more risk. Their stock market is booming, JGB rates are rising, why risk borrowing yen to invest in dollar assets? Some of that liquidity is going to Europe and emerging markets.

ResponsibleClock9289

Yeah and Japan and the UK are at highs of treasury holdings This post is wrong. China hasn’t been #2 for a couple years

odc_a

It’s actually not that difficult. As for cooperation, if they make their interfaces as easy as or easier to integrate than visa/mc then they will have no issues at all. The market is big enough that there is plenty of incentive. Europe and UK should never have sold their own processing facilities to the USA in the first place.

Bombauer-

A bunch of companies have drugs coming, and everybody thinks they can have a piece of an enormous pie. And the pie is enormous. Visit any US state and you will see how enormously fat so many people are. visiting Pennsylvania will make you think you are an an alien visiting another planet. And Europe is getting bad too. I was on the south coast of Spain in 2024 and so a ton of German, Dutch and UK tourists that were all spherical. The market for these drugs is soo huge.

SelenaMeyers2024

There's even stuff that ya know may drive growth (I assume the worst and when that's still profitable I load up). Here are some cool upside potentials: 1. Utah banking license and becoming a sofi for merchants 2. Agentic ai integration is happening, but unknown how much it's a thing 3. Pilot program in UK and Germany incentiving debit card purchases for points, insane growth there 4. Better monetization of ad network, and or incentivization of ad network access as part of branded checkout Just one of those things can drive crazy growth... But again, I've assumed none of that.. its all just rusting away and it's still a buy

IDKBear25

I only bought BYDDY - should I sell up and buy BYDDF instead? I'm in the UK.

Charming_Yellow5867

The UK is full of wankers what are you talking about?

All_FIREdUp

Please 🙏 If you are traveling to the UK, even if you don’t think you’ll need it, purchase a wanking license. My buddy is still spending time in a UK jail for having an unsanctioned wank. 😞

Entire_Bed_1303

Never heard of venmo or zelle. Scotland/UK we send it between accounts and it arrives instantly.

ecoburner87

I thought the US dollar/DXY would find strength on a continuation of the down move in tech, but it really didn't. The jobs report on its own strengthened DXY just a little bit, but the CPI added more confusion and uncertainty. One signal says don't cut rates, the other says do. When in doubt, I'm respecting the trend: \-dollar devaluation continues (with a few relief bounces that shock US stocks when they happen, but not a lot of follow through) \-sell America tech (for now) \-buy emerging, BRICS, and even Euro/UK/Swiss/Sweden markets \-buy energy/defensive Gold/silver and maybe copper may continue to go sideways the next week or so while Chinese/Hong Kong markets are closed, maybe dip on low volume, but I think they'll carry on their journey into the Spring. US dollar and American stocks are cooked.

ShittyUsernane1222

list of counties which are discussed in the news in relation to epstein files: \-US \-Russia full list of countries who are mentioned A LOT in Epstein files: \-US \-Russia \-Israel \-France (Epstein spent a lot of time in Paris) \-Turkey (Epstein-Gülen connection) \-UK (Prince Andrew, Lord Mandelson etc. ) \-UAE (Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem) disclaimer: this list is incomplete

ShadowLiberal

It's not just the US's BLS, most countries have had a growing problem with their job numbers becoming less accurate overtime. In some cases the problem was partially self inflicted by idiotic decisions by the politicians (in the UK for example the government moved the home office of the agency that does the counting, resulting in a ton of experienced employees choosing to resign and find jobs elsewhere rather than moving). But the common problem in a lot of countries is that smaller businesses have become less and less likely to respond to the surveys, and many respond months late when they do. So to make up for the lack of data on small businesses they just assume that small businesses are doing just as well as big businesses, but that assumption often proves to be wrong.

ButtExterminator

being called a "bald cunt" is sexual harassment in the UK

ROBNOB9X

Its similar to the grooming gangs here in the UK. Nothing has actually changed and no one held accountable. Now if they bring it up at Parliament the people in charge just roll their eyes and ridicule it. When those in charge are above the law, who do you turn to?

Complete-Mood-2257

Dont even get me started on the UK economy

Flat-Pitch-9340

I’m exhausted and I live in the UK

TJMBeav

Shit dude. Europe (including the UK) is even a bigger shitshow than the US. Try to pay a little attention to the rest of the world mate. A lot more out there than the US

TargetDreams

Yeah dude I’m in the UK

TJMBeav

Are you talking about the UK, pervert?

kokatsu_na

First of all, my deepest condolences. Losing your partner at such a young age is unimaginable. You are in a vulnerable state. Do not try to invest that $280k into the stock market right now, park that cash in a HYSA or a US Treasury ETF (like SGOV or BIL) inside a brokerage. You will earn \~4.5-5% risk-free. Take $23k from the inheritance and pay off the loan against your retirement immediately. Avoid buying UK/European mutual funds (look up 'PFIC rules'). Make sure whatever you buy (like VTI/VOO) has 'UK Reporting Fund' status to avoid punitive tax rates in England. But generally speaking, you don't need 'shady' financial planners.

Ok-Celebration-1010

Looks like it, I keep seeing PLTR being mentioned negatively in our committee meetings in the UK, ministers are asking for there to be investigations on how PLTR was given contracts.

ThinkingOfTheOldDays

almost 100% because of repatriating flows. they were and remain heavily overweight USD assets and underweight UK assets. Pensions in particular will be directed to repatriate, and use whatever cover they need to make it look like business as usual [https://www.pensionpolicyinternational.com/uk-pensions-dump-us-equities-over-ai-fears/](https://www.pensionpolicyinternational.com/uk-pensions-dump-us-equities-over-ai-fears/)

IsItSafeToMine

Zelle is some of the most backwards-ass implementation possible but no, I wasn't talking about that. I'm talking about QR codes. I'm talking about real digitization, not some startup trying to be a bank because your banks suck dick and are stuck in the last century. Zelle is not an e-wallet. The only reason it makes sense for you is because the US is so backwards it's not even funny. The only reason it exists is because the US banks are so flawed from the ground up that they couldn't do it themselves. The rest of the world can do what Zelle does within the financial system itself. We don't another app to transfer money instantly. Every single bank can already do that. We can move money instantly without a third party. We don't need credit cards. We don't need a *Zelle*. We can already do it between our banks directly. We can pay each other instantly just by scanning either personal or merchant QR codes without having to either get the other person's details or know anything about them. A real e-wallet is something like Alipay. Alipay integration can even do instant payments internationally via QR codes. We don't need to open a Chinese bank account to pay people across countries. Heck, we never even to convert money in the first place. People from the UK, Korea, India or Malaysia can go to China without even touching a single yuan note or having to deal with a foreign bank. Every payment is done by scanning a QR code. It's that simple.

TwoPercentTokes

You’re arguing a non sequitur, the point isn’t who caused those destructive wars, the point is the whole world suffered insane amounts of death and destruction, and huge portion of which was in Asia and Africa. So yes, while America as the sole superpower is flawed, and the UK being functionally the same following Napoleon was a similar situation, but both ushered in a hundred years of relative peace and stability that was sorely missed once all the people raging against their dominion and exploitation got what they wished for and new players moved to center stage. The new world order you’re envisioning may come with a few hundred million deaths in the deal.

sandygws

>`Alphabet is` [`selling a 100-year bond in the UK`](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-10/alphabet-begins-selling-multi-tranche-debut-swiss-franc-bond-mlgb76p8)`, part of a clutch of debt sales it kicked off this week to fund its` [`ambitions in artificial intelligence`](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-09/google-parent-alphabet-kicks-off-seven-part-us-bond-sale)`. It’s the first century bond issued by a technology company` [`since` **Motorola** `sold one in 1997`](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-09/alphabet-mandates-banks-for-rare-100-year-sterling-bond)`.` They're not even selling it in $ USD. No wonder it's dumping.

bridgford

Was it at 1pm (UK time)? if so, the spike is just the daily 1pm glitch

pink_ego_box

Like the UK it's becoming another pajeet colony

Affectionate-Idea690

Breaking news .. UK economy ekes out 0.1% growth in the fourth quarter 😂 😂 😂 😂