UK

RoboJobot

Imd rather have a second home that will continue to appreciate in value and give me a nice steady return on my investment for the next 30-40+ years. It’s a much safer bet, house prices in the UK always go up (in the long term) and when I get old I can always sell it. Until then I can enjoy the rent each month

RoboJobot

Most people in the UK would rather invest in bricks and mortar.

MrStink444

I'm not sure this is right. Speaking as a resident of the UK, almost anyone in work will own stocks through their pension.

CymroBachUSA

Most stock markets are national? Try buying a modest UK company on the NYSE. To get a fair comparison, you'd have to figure out the participation across the EU to have a similar market size.

tryout1234567890

I'm from the UK and it just isn't spoken about. The idea of 'trading' is seen as akin to gambling or something you do for a living if you work in the financial sector. Most adverts for investing have to state that 'yoir capital may be at risk' which, whilst true, scares a lot of people into thinking it's the same as yolo-ing on options. It took me to my thirties to realise you just need to direct debit into an All World Fund and check back in 30 years. Financial literacy generally sucks anyway. Few people change bank accounts, most leave cash stuck in embarrassingly low (sub inflation) interest rate accounts, people rarely change utility providers etc.

acur1231

We get a £20,000 tax-free annual ISA here in the UK, which I think is quite a bit more generous than the US equivilent?

Spursdy

This. Australia is up there due to the way that their pension system works. The UK is also there as most pensions from private companies will at least allow the selection of funds that the assets are invested in.

ClaymationDinosaur

I opened an account with ig in April; put my name and address in the web form and less than five minutes later had money in the account and had already made a purchase. No ID card needed as the UK doesn't have them.

Drunk_Turtle_

Yeah here in the UK we have mandatory workplace pensions, where employers have to offer a pension and match contributions up to a certain point. Maybe loads of people opt out(it’s auto enrolment so you have to opt out if you don’t want to pay in) but still 33% seems low. We also have reliable long term tax free savings products which might be a reason too.

ClaymationDinosaur

Much the same in the UK; many brokerages in the UK insist that people are adults and have a name and an address. Which countries want more than this to buy stocks from overseas?

TheBooneyBunes

Europe doesn’t innovate so everything is stagnant. If you think cpi reports here are bad boy go check the UK

Away-Activity-469

The reichensteuer of 45% is above about €275k and a sliding scale from 70k. Spare a tear for us in UK where its 40% on everything above £50k (€58) and we dont have nice roads like they do.

sigmoia

After a 50% tax, what are you going to invest? European countries are welfare states - a perfect breeding ground for mediocrity. Also, the wages are terrible here, even in presumably richer countries like the Nordics, Germany, and the UK.  Somehow 100k is considered a dream salary in Germany. But the cost of living isn't that much lower. Sure, huge medical bills aren't a thing, but that's subsidized by people making mid-6 figs. People yapping about medical bills make 2 euros a month and pay nothing to the system. But it's costly as hell if you make okay money.  On top of that, mandatory pension contributions take 10% of your wage and aren't invested like a 401k. You only see that money as a small handout after you retire. So there's that.  The culture is risk-averse, people are unfriendly, and they still think Europe is a hotshot in an era where the US and China are leading everything. Hubris breeds ignorance, and ignorance breeds stupidity.  People hate the US wholeheartedly. While, when I was living in the US, no one cared that Europe existed. It's kinda comically funny. So I literally know people who don't invest, as they think it's US culture fueling capitalism. Lmao.

Successful_Pitch_503

We’re much more risk averse. Also, a lot of people in the UK own shares through company schemes.

Jamessuperfun

Europe doesn't have nearly as many billionaires. Here in the UK, every single billionaire's wealth combined is worth less than Elon Musk alone.

Bronislaw_Malinowski

Yes you are right. UK and Japan can make a serious comeback. In fact, even Asian economies are doing well. I would just try to bet my money on the fact that Nasdaq is an index of 100 US Tech giants and somehow all the companies will never get perished. I am open to expanding to Asian companies that would do well from time to time but investing in ETFs like VT, is not my cup of tea. It has close to 10000 companies. In fact, we can always take sectoral bets like healthcare, energies, financials, etc. and do our bit to get decent returns. Ultimately, the money must grow.

Dynamatics

All world is about 60% US stocks and 25% is tech. It's true that right now that's where most of the consistent growth is. It's only been since 2011 that the S&P 500 has outperformed all-world. If you look at the chart of market share by country, people would have called you stupid if you said that Japan and the UK weren't that important, because they were dominating economies at that point. Current results do not guarentee the same results in 20-30 years from now on, while I'd still agree with you that the US is probably a safe bet and is likely to outperform the world at least for the next 20 years. We're betting that the US doesn't lose it's current position, but historically data shows that we're wrong. Only about 10% of the market leading (top 20 in the world) companies survive being in the top 20 in the following decade.

Dancin-Ted-Danson

Weird that people in the UK, who don't participate in this community, are here to drop their hot takes on US politics.

B00marangTrotter

I was born in the UK but I'm just now realizing the UK spelling of diarrhea is diarrhoea. The colour of the diarrhoea was different than the color of the diarrhea. Scrabble advantage....UK.

PlasonJates

Very strange place. The UK equivalent for Tories is just sane discussion of policies and news, /r/conservative is just one big frontier for the culture war. I check there regularly to 'balance' my media diet and it's always just the same rhetoric.

LordJamPunt

UK going all in

DigBeginning6013

I'm from the UK and there are some opportunities. Like I'd buy a certain German ship builder. But if you think the market will crash in the next month then it's easily going to be the best opportunity and money made. So buy those puts

River_Sandhu

I’m from the UK so they are all Walmart, boring 😂

Moepenmoes

Starting a petition to shut down the Europoor tunnel between the UK and mainland Europe, we don't need that shit anymore

spreadbetfred

Arrests in the UK will be lower tonight because the tweets are mostly about sport lmao

LasyKuuga

I’m living in the UK and hearing neighbors crashing out rn. Chat pray for for me and my property 🙏

Moepenmoes

Not gonna lie, the English girl at the match in the brown costume is a cutie, might be the only hottie they have in the UK but worth it 

WSB-mods-are-

The UK has had terrible guidance since the revolutionary war

akunisg

the rug will come early today because we all waiting to watch messi rug UK

Ok-Article1791

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ResponsibilitySea327

No one is "spending this much" as it compares to US spending on just about anything. But the UK, Germany, China and Japan are all investing heavily in data centers. Japan and China in LEO and edge space compute.

achuchable

Twice a day, usually about 10am UK time to see what premarket sentiment is like and then just after the US market has closed. If premarket sentiment is extremely bullish/bearish I might pay a bit more attention to it but that’s very rare. Used to check it obsessively but then realised that almost no matter what happened I wasn’t going to sell or buy anything so why look.

Icy_Jelly_315

Probably true UK has just got to 50% new car purchases being EV and I think that's largely real preference. There's incentives but not insane ones. But there's ships and aeroplanes not transitioning yet. Gonna be a year or two

Icy_Jelly_315

But the limits bro. In the UK we can do 20k a year (37k cad) with no cap, for ever. There's people with a million in there. It's fucking outrageous. Not complaining, mind, but if the pour truly grasped this...

Complaintsdept123

Explain exactly what they should do. Are you in the UK? Even more fucked up than the US.

FinePerformance1046

SKHY just got opened for UK investment and Barclays price target is $330

Icy_Jelly_315

Indeed. I am top 1% nw for the UK, probably just outside for the US. All relative innit

Secret_Block_8755

Nice to see major news outlets in the UK finally speaking sense about the middle east situation. Seems the media manipulation is dropping "everything's fine" line now. It's been a gradual shift but I guess that shows the value in keeping up with various sources.

patricktu1258

I just overheard someone asking is UK a part of US LMAO

Routine-Can-1678

You have $1million in your UK pension. You want 5% Bitcoin exposure. You literally cannot buy IBIT, FBTC, etc. You are simply barred from buying Bitcoin, Bitcoin ETFs / Futures, etc. But you can buy a NASDAQ software company that just so happens to hold a lot of Bitcoin. Siloed funds are in the trillions. College endowments, sovereign funds, global pensions, etc - none of them can touch BTC directly. It is this money that creates the "premium" for financial engineering a "Bitcoin yield"

Syab_of_Caltrops

Oooofffff. That must be a sore point for the British patriots. UK navy used to be world class 😩

SporksInjected

Pepperidge Farm must have missed these: **• 2015** – Iranian patrol boats seized the Maersk Tigris, a Danish-owned container ship, after firing warning shots across its bow. **• May 2019** – Four tankers were damaged by limpet mines off the UAE coast near the strait, in attacks the US blamed on Iran. **• June 2019** – Two oil tankers, the Kokuka Courageous and Front Altair, were attacked near the strait while transiting the Gulf of Oman, allegedly with mines. **• July 2019** – Iranian armed forces arrested the Stena Impero, a UK-flagged oil tanker, in the Strait of Hormuz, allegedly in retaliation for a seizure of an Iranian tanker. **• January 2021** – A South Korea-flagged tanker was arrested by Iran, prompting Seoul to deploy a destroyer nearby. **• 2021–2024** – Iran harassed, attacked or seized nearly 20 internationally flagged merchant vessels **• 2024** – Iranian special forces captured an oil tanker as part of a larger attack on Israel.

No_Entrance_8485

Is the UK prime minster in this movie. He was on the hit list

-mini-kuma

Raspberry Pie - the UK chip stock is down 5%! Otherwise, praise our UK/EU friends; boring and ignoring the Asian turmoil for now.

Ill_Mastodon8324

I’m in the UK and there’s a Wendy’s just down the road. It’s awful muck, no wonder Amerifat life expectancy is so poor

MoonManBigFish

The UK’s Royal Navy, in a joint leadership effort with France, is preparing to launch a multinational naval operation to forcefully reopen and secure the Strait of Hormuz. The mission is expected to formally mobilize within days.

Icy_Jelly_315

Gotta love the Thousands of people have never had issues guys. Like, I have played russian roulette several times and it never did me any harm Toyota are cool, gonna get a Hilux if my Isuzu dies, but when they fuck up they fuck up. In the UK it's the 12v aux battery in the evs

Tumping

Nope, don’t know anyone in the UK who talk About it

OpeDefinitely

As we know, Canada runs on UK time to help their aspirations of sucking the king's dick.

IntelligentActuary86

Damn first Ann widdicombe (UK) and now Lindsey, we are being spoilt. Bibi and trumpy next? Please!

Goody2Shoes92

Why does England have a lion mascot? Ain't no lions in UK. Oh right they colonized like 75% of Africa at some point.

Ill_Mastodon8324

England is not the UK. Scotland will be loving that Norway goal

LasyKuuga

Puts on UK housewives and children

RIPmyFartbox

UK brokerages need to post their client win rates...you know up to 90pct of retail traders lose money right? It's a retarded game you guys keep playing. The sooner you realize buy and hold without leverage is the correct strategy the better it will be for your retirement.

SnooHedgehogs5162

Kms? A whole uses it except UK and US

Icy_Jelly_315

Just outcome bets the odds suck, gotta be England win in extra time (10/1 last I looked) sort of stuff Top tip: with UK bookies straight outcome bets means in normal time. So you back Norway to win, and Norway wins in extra time, no payout smh

KittyLover-7

I edited it to include the part about the possibility of rate hikes The effects remain to be seen, America itself may be fine but others like the UK and Europe see a bigger strain on consumer wallets from oil spikes which can impact earnings as people cut spending elsewhere to pay for necessities Again, the effects remain to be seen, it might all just be another squeeze on wallets rather than a crash like bers thought

River_Sandhu

8 hours ago (in the UK so I was sleeping haha), he posted one of his truth socials full of threats and capped of with his signature praise allah ending 🤦🏽

heeywewantsomenewday

An someone from the UK ive never experienced HBO. What shows do they make that you would recommend?

pingoo26

This is so insane to me, our UK govt gets pulled to pieces at the smallest spending and the bond markets basically threaten the country with ruin if it offends their economic ideals a teeny bit yet here the US is spaffing an insane amount up the wall and the markets don't even bat an eye. I guess that's the privilege of being the only global superpower.

itsokbronoproblem

SPACs are incredibly complex. This July deadline you mentioned - it can be extended via normal shareholder vote or sometimes even without a vote the sponsors can deposit more money in the trust and extend the deadline (see DWAC -> DJT). Or it can even be delisted and list on OTC (see DMYY -> HQ). You are talking number of shares, investors and float, but what is the revenue / profit of this company? SPACs are notoriously overvalued. This is what matters, not if they signed some bullshit with the UK. Math! It’s all math, not vibes! The current float may be shorted but after closing, the float will expand massively, many times over, as lockups expire in rapid succession. tbh I would short it too! Only danger is the well documented SPAC pop which can obliterate your short, but if you gave me put option for 1-2 dollars and strike of 5 in 1 year, I would buy it.

Samjabr

I couldn't remember, so I asked Gemini whether English shot glasses were 1.5 oz similar to the US. She responded that in the UK, shot glasses are 0.84 ounces **which is smaller than 1.5 ounces.** (Glad she clarified that bit) Calls on Goog, fow sho.

gamerz0111

WTF are you talking about? The UK has a stock market. [https://www.londonstockexchange.com/](https://www.londonstockexchange.com/)

Joepool11

Like I said, people said the exact same thing about Japanese and SK quality if you read articles from back then. I dont understand why people want to bury their heads in the sand and just work off vibes rather than looking at data - crash tests, quality reports, consumer reviews from countries like the UK and Australia that allow Chinese cars.  The rest of the world isnt dumb for buying Chinese cars. Asian, European and African consumers are just as savy and care the same about their safety. There is a reason we have 100% tariffs on them. If they were terrible we would just let them in. 

ShittyUsernane1222

the clacton by-elections have two candidates: \-an illegitimate, inexperienced and corrupt anti democracy reform UK spoiler candidate \-count binface, soon to be muli-term prime minister and senior expert in economics

ClassicNote1720

literally never heard of it in the UK

Prestigious_Rod6969

Wendys in UK did not have nuggies

Zipski577

Guess the international expansion strategy of pumping out several seasons/ year of Love is Blind Brazil, Love is Blind Japan, Love is Blind UK, Love is Blind Sweden, Love is Blind Habibi, Love is Blind Mexico, Love is Blind Germany, Love is Blind France, Love is Blind Italy, and Love is Blind Argentina hasn’t been working out as well as they imagined?

iamrlywhite

The CEO of PLTR UK is the grandson of Oswald Mosley, some anti democratic values might run in the family

Aranthos-Faroth

The absolute fucking MESS that has been UK politics for the last few years has actually become so unbelievably status quo. I say fuck it, bring back Bojo and just keep him in for the next 10 years. If the position is that useless anyway might as well get some entertainment from it.

AloneStaff5051

Pltr is gonna get kicked out of UK. New prime minister has already said he will cancel nhs contract they have

nasduia

I'm genuinely interested to hear that perspective. I'm almost convinced by the "terrible/boring shows make netflix and chill easier" argument alone as being genius. I'll add I'm coming from a UK perspective where cord cutting is less of a thing and the corded options, internet and cable, are still the alternatives to terrestrial BBC/Channel4 etc. But, where I think this strategy is failing is in the "water cooler talk". Pre-Covid if you didn't have Netflix you weren't part of those conversations, or at least were limited to sport discussions about football etc. In my experience, which appears to match what's reported more widely, those discussions now always consist of how bad streaming content is, and especially how bad Netflix is. I can't remember the last time I had a consistent recommendation of something to watch. It might work at the moment, but if things get tight I can't think of anything easier to get rid of. I'd rather avocado toast or a coffee.

ShittyUsernane1222

count binface will restore market confidence in the uk and will become perpetual PM of the UK by democratic/electoral mandate.

Exotic_Attorney2524

Once Count Binface enters the UK parliament, markets will soar

her_majestys_dildo

They are Spanish and moved to the UK without a word of English

kwijibokwijibo

The fact you called it winnings says a lot You're the person who gets their payslip and spends it on fruit machines or the bookies. Just with financial products And you shouldn't have a CFD account. You should have a spread betting account. Spread betting works the same as CFDs, except they're not taxed in the UK And the reason they're not taxed is because HMRC considers it gambling

Pitiful-Tomatillo458

There's other countries besides the UK and America, india for one has been a booming market for facebook and whats app as phones and internet are becoming more accessible there

repstah

Wendys returned to the UK couple years back

Slight-Blackberry813

People seem to forget this. People were paying 150 GBP a month 20 years ago for SKY Sports in the UK. If Netflix can get premier league or something like that it’s open season for price increases.

Antique-Special8025

> Jesus. If £4k is a few month's salary, you really shouldn't be taking punts in this market > That's like less than minimum wage for full time so I assume you're a part timer without money to lose In case anyone else is wondering like i was; Minimum wage in the UK is £12.71 an hour, something along the lines of £2033 a month. ^ €14,90/h, ~€2.384/m and $17,02 / h, ~$2.723/m in dollars.

Bill_Clintons_Desk5

You must live in the UK. Can’t say the word “shit” online

hayleybts

Especially UK poors all they do fcking selling?

FeverTreeCloud

Are you in UK or France, bruh?

LivelyPants

They're also facing opposition in the UK

somecleverphrase

is there a UK version of Budweiser? I feel like this post is like people shitting on US beer when they drink bud and not the 100s of other beers made here that is good.

All_FIREdUp

I’ve been to the UK several times now. Love it there. But every time I go, my opinion gets reinforced even stronger. UK beer is fucking terrible pond water tasting shit.

Goonslopenjoyer321

Updated IMF Growth Forecasts for 2026: US: 2.3% Germany: 0.7% France: 0.6% UK: 1.0% China: 4.6% Japan: 0.6% India: 6.4% Russia: 1.1% Brazil: 2.4% Saudi Arabia: 1.7% Nigeria: 4.1% asmerica clearly outperforms all western nations and is literally half of china, despite being richer than china (higher gdp per capita and total gdp) AND YOU ARE BEARISH

vibranttortoise

It's been 2 minutes 😂 if it hasn't recovered by 8pm UK time then maybe start to worry

LadderAdmirable

Look at that candle on FTSE (UK stonks). LMAO

Emergency-Half-3122

I was just in Europe and went to France and Germany and then also went to the UK. They will never catch up with America. It’s really just China and America, and China will continue to sabotage their economy when it matters. The only other option besides America continuing to do the best is no one does well but then stocks no longer matter. 

diefy7321

The UK breaking up would be so peak lmfaoooo

Sean_VasDeferens

I made tons entering SPX trades at 3 & 4 am when the UK and German markets opened.

According-Praline-47

Yet people also lose their minds when kids are being banned from social media in UK and other countries. There is no winning, because instead of fixing anything people just want to complain.

lrbaumard

No I pay zero taxes ever. UK ISA

Ill_Mastodon8324

The U.S. median wealth per adult: $68,998 (ranked #28 globally) Luxembourg: $394,005 Belgium: $277,166 Italy: $131,001 UK: $125,335 France: $121,898 Spain: $111,575 Ameripoors?

friiz1337

Didn't know UK regards have this much money to waste

Total_Schedule591

Europeans are so strong 🤣 In the UK, thousands of individuals are arrested annually for social media posts, generally under the Communications Act 2003 and the Malicious Communications Act 1988. The law targets messages deemed grossly offensive, indecent, obscene, or menacing.

Samjabr

Spent my weekend watching youtube videos of UK citizens losing their s\*\*t over Ranch. "I love it, Bruv"

rbraalih

Trail hunting (UK, fox hunting abolished)

JBWalker1

I think Friends and Neighbours came out less than a year after the previous one finished too. So theres multiple shows showing it's possible, plus yknow all the shows from 10 years ago which had yearly releases. It's possible but producers and execs are just morons. It's not even like Slow Horses cuts corners, it's filmed pretty well and I'm always surprised about how much it's filmed in London and how geographically correct it is. Like a chase sequence through London would more or less follow a real route through London, even in the last series where the mayor was going to be shot at City Hall and the shooter gets chased away it actually followed a route from actual City Hall. Maybe this is what's making it quick to make. Instead of chase sequences suddenly being in a different filming location each time theres a cut, they can instead have everyone set up in 1 place and film the full chase sequence that weekend. UK broadcast TV seems to make stuff very quick and cheap too. There's soooo many decent series on them coming out seemingly monthly for the past forever years. Netflix and Disney and others are too focused on shows with $250m budgets which takes 3 years to make a season.