UK

Affectionate-Idea690

UK Sanctions Crypto Firms Cryptomus, TokenSpot for Russia Financial Ties lollol

dorkstar1

BYD cars are allowed in India, Australia, Japan, UK Europe and 121 countries. But BYD is not allowed in USA due to Tesla. Is Elon Musk real Boss of USA?

Irishbros1991

Everyone go and look at UK bonds holy shit

Irishbros1991

Go look at UK/Euro bonds Eurozone crisis is basically happening again LMAO

xXNodensXx

OK, interesting. I don't pay much attention to what's happening in the UK, so I'm not familiar with any of that. Maybe it will pay off for you. Good luck!!

xXNodensXx

Because the UK is suddenly building a lot of new housing? Why would this make sense?

TrippyImpulse

UK house building has also massively slowed, London area etc is seeing ridiculously low level of new houses being built etc, so the house builders are naturally not making as much money etc.

-mini-kuma

**Samsung Q3** prelim results 1 am UK / 8pm US East Ready ? ♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ ﾟ. **٩(\^ᗜ\^ )و ´-**

NoCommonDog

I was in the UK around then and astounded to discover that Donny Osmond wa still a thing. And some band named Bros.

Modja

They are the darling of the UK government. Regards will buy unprofitable defence stocks citing "muh government contracts" but ignore a $500m contract awarded from the same Treasury account.

FreiherrVonFick

I don't live in the UK, but it looks like they even get supported by the UK goverment.. i would hold and wait, as most analysts recommend. it's very likely that you won't lose anything if you don't sell early. The real question is: how long do you have to wait for how much % profit. If you have to wait 1 year for the stock to then pump 50% over 6 months, you could have performed a lot better doing 4 trades with a 10% profit over 18 months... But that depends on you skill/knowledge and how aware you are of your performance. if you are only investing without much experience - just hold and keep calm (drink some tea 😄) - it will come back... E.g. i am austrian and when russia invaded ukraine the stockprice of the austrian bank Raiffeisen went to shit (13€), because they are invested in the area. But i knew the bank and that it won't go bankrupt come what may... and now they went to 60€ - i don't even know how that was possible (probably some shady business with ukraine/russia) - but it took 4+ years...

Affectionate-Idea690

IMF Warns of Global Economic Winter as UK Gilt Yields Surge to 28-Year High.... dummies here cum the tech lawsuits to make up their loss

Rosella2562

Haha thank you 🥹 I wish I was there - Been to RI before and used to live in the US, but don’t have citizenship so currently in the UK (also as an immigrant) as a Europoor where the £30k (pre-tax) per year salaries don’t even cover rent 😢

likamuka

Oct 7 (Reuters) - HSBC (HSBA.L), is planning sweeping job cuts across its ​UK wealth management business, including a sharp reduction in financial ‌advisers and specialist staff, as part of a broader push to integrate AI, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The bank plans to cut about half of management and ​specialist roles in the business, while reductions among financial advisers could ​reach around 70%, the report said, citing people familiar with ⁠the plans.

Barnslig

In the UK the Spice Girls were *following* the UK boy band boom of the early nineties - Take That, East 17, Boyzone, 5ive and so on. Interesting that they trigger that boom in the US. None of this sheds any light on why Alan Greenspan would be watching British boy bands in the Bath tho.

Remington3426

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Acceptable-Future-66

Dude did you do any research at all on the history of house builders in the UK? We have like the slowest planning system in the world, the margins are thin, the economy is in a downward trajectory and interest rates are rising. It’s a terrible time to invest in a house builder. The only, only, positive you could consider for a second is that Andy Burnham talks a good game about house building, but he can’t solve the bureaucracy even if he means what he says which is debatable.

Desperate_Donut3981

In the UK the first results come in about 2hrs after the polls close. That's mostly hand counted paper ballots too

SanDisk_Made_Me_Rich

The Jaecoo 7 was the best selling SUV in the UK last month. It's $39K and basically a Range Rover at the fraction of the price. You can't buy it in the U.S. because it's made by a Chinese automaker

Neither-Dance-7942

I had a similar discussion with a NZ tax pro in 2018 and he told me that, like the US, they were “free‑to‑choose” – the premium can be a separate income and the shares keep the strike as basis, or you can fold it in. The end result is the same cash flow, but the tax character shifts. In practice most advisers will echo the US/UK way and treat the $535 as cutting the basis to $465, mainly because it keeps the capital gains picture tidy.

ThatFUTGuy

they’re going to be competing with Rolls Royce who is so embedded in Boeing and the military institution of the US already and they already field SME’s makes no sense to ever think OKLO will succeed when somebody already has their hands in the pie and are trusted from the UK

trim4gp

Investing in the UK housing market when no one can afford a house Kek

Outside-Wall-2807

Fund B sits 20% in cash its whole life, gets told its over-cautious for years, then one week the buffer is the only thing that matters. The UK LDI funds in 2022 are the closest real version of this and the answer there was the Bank of England buying gilts for a fortnight.

Due-Walrus-9072

U.S and UK especially are majorly cutting down the amount of houses there building due to high interest mortgage loans upwards of 7%

player_zero_

Look at Ensilica.  UK based chip company. Just posted great results, strong pipelines, and it's still a penny stock.

steem99

as someone from the UK this ticker is so funny

Zestyclose-Carry-171

Europe continues to receive investments not for very high returns but for stability, so people can confidently invest in more risky assets elsewhere. The problem is there are not a lot of countries that can credibly fulfill Europe role. The US can, but it is becoming more risky as you can see it with Trump. The UK has the same problem as the EU. Switzerland is too small to receive that much money. Same with Canada and Australia, who are good candidates and are big enough, but are pretty empty demographically (and closing in on immigrants). China and Russia are very risky politically. Japan and Korea can receive money, but it also has its own demographics problem, on top of needing constant US military involvement. Same with the petromonarchies of the Gulf State. How many people would serenely lend their money and invest a lot in Brazil, Mexico, India, ? Not saying it can't break the Euro, since as Europe gets riskier, other regions gets less risky comparatively, but still.

Rich-Environment3698

As a brit half my allocation is to the US anyway. Most of my UK stocks are defensive and dont require monitoring. I catch up on the news in the morning,  FT, BBC etc but not really interested in WSB until the US opens. 

imustbegthequestion

There. Evenly $RDDT gold awarded. Do I get my collectible now @mods. Have you seen the growth of my verified. I have 20k of dry powder. Y'all don't know rich. I'm a prince of Ghana. We make GOLD. LOL. Y'ALL THOUGHT I WAS POOR CAUSE I LIVE IN THE US AND PAY TAXES. I COULD MOVE TO THE UK AND GET KNIGHTED YESTERDAY. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME. PLAY ME IN FANTASY FOOTBALL. I PICKED OFF HOW HOT THE GUYS WERE AND HYPE SINCE THE SUPER BOWL. LOL. Y'ALL THOUGHT THIS WAS THE TOP. *you aren't even being considered for membership in the true 1%*

ValarOrome

only UK stock I own is $GAW so far happy to hold it. Pays for the hobby every Q.

Garythedemon18

In the UK we say “risk it for a chocolate biscuit”

TheAviator27

The UK doesn't build houses... that's why there's a housing crisis.

ThaPoopBandit

UK has some of the worst housing affordability on the planet (like way worse than the US, by a large margin) and it’s not exactly a secret either. Not to beat a dead horse but I’m not quite sure why you thought this was a good idea.

aom1984

UK is a banana republic.

SkarKrow

UK’s fucked mate been fucked for ages

8thmiracle

New built quality is appalling in the UK. Also the house builders operate almost like a cartel hoarding land and releasing it gradually to max profits. The UK is going to shit overall. Housing is insanely overpriced and the correction will be shocking

Fast_and_Curious618

Thank you for your advice. This is really helpful! 😀 I understand the technicals of options from a theoretical perspective but don't have much in the way of experience trading them (been trading futures for ten years through spread bets and CFDs). Like I said, I've traded the synthetic, OTC options on my spread betting account as a way to access higher leverage than the 30:1 spread betting and CFD cap. So this is just a simple long option, moderately ITM to increase the Delta so that it behaves more like the underlying. These are index day trades. I think the spreads are quite wide but the leverage coupled with the tax-free status of spread betting is arguably a cost worth paying. I just wish I could see the Greeks. It only shows IV. To fully understand them, I need to see them, and require them to trade multi-leg strategies. Correct me if I'm wrong but IBKR offer a delayed-data free trial account, and you have to open a real account to access a paper trading account? Did you practise in a trial account first? How was that - is it sufficient? Sorry for throwing so much at you at once but you're only the second person I've seen on Reddit who's based in the UK and trades options, and the first one wouldn't talk to me! This is from passive reading of comments; I've not tried hunting these traders down. 😆 I'm sure there are many more.

Specialist-Clue1151

Jesus the UK is so backwards

Modja

A Non-exec director just bought £40000 worth of shares in the market this morning at 241. She's also CEO of another UK plc. The CEO also bought £100k worth in the market not too long ago at 261.

Revolutionary_Meet29

Andrex? UK? UK diet is crap shit, get ur shit checked out!!!!

lonewolf420

why do you think the UK is fat? Its not exactly walkable, people don't really cycle to work they take the tram/tube. **Processed Foods:** Foods high in sugar, salt, and unhealthy fats are widely available, inexpensive, and heavily marketed. is the grok number one reason..... like i mentioned processed sugar based foods is killing us slowly.

Rosella2562

As many of you know I posted about being 4 months late on my rent before… I still am, and still have to come up with the money, but also want to email my landlord about his disgusting “rent-seeking” behavior (rather than “profit-seeking”). (Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, 1776) Even the father of capitalism was disgusted by landlords just leeching off the working class and extracting the fruits of their labor (average rents in my city in the UK is over >75% of average net-monthly salaries) while just sitting on a land that was never “theirs” to begin with and contributing no productive effort to improve it.

Rosella2562

As many of you know I posted about being 4 months late on my rent before… I still am, and still have to come up with the money, but also want to email my landlord about his disgusting “rent-seeking” behavior (rather than “profit-seeking”). (Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, 1776) Even the father of capitalism was disgusted by landlords just leeching off the working class and extracting the fruits of their labor (average rents in my city in the UK is over >75% of average net-monthly salaries) while just sitting on a land that was never “theirs” to begin with and contributing no productive effort to improve it.

AncientFinance1652

Largest insolvency proceeding in UK history, expected to take another 20+ years.

Nick91Nick91

Fredo chocolatesif your in the UK. - Best inflation guide I know...m

Raizflip

They do both, open market and government / social housing… however big risk being the UK building industry is fucked atm.

BillySmooth

Ignoring the typical American-tier levels of simplistic thinking you are showing here, there's a point to be made on this in the housing sector specifically. It is a sector heavily impacted by government policy, changing views, affordability. Housing at this very moment in the UK is under unusual strain. It's hard to see how it can get much worse, but it can get better.

_DoubleBubbler_

I personally think they’re on track for being a sizeable leading European chip design and supply firm in the years ahead. CEO Ian Lankshear’s comments about EnSilica’s pivotal role in European satellite communications gives me great confidence for the future… ’Our work is supported by the European and UK Space Agencies and is beginning to attract customer-funded follow on engagements. In addition our position in payload silicon, established through our selection by AST SpaceMobile, has strengthened further following consolidation among payload suppliers, **leaving EnSilica as the key independent European supplier in this domain.**’

Outofdatedolphin

As a dual citizen of Ireland and the UK, I feel that if you're referring to the Irish terror group IRA, that's just because us Irish people hate England, but we are politically fine with eachother now

Candlelight_Fant4sia

A UK civil war already started a couple of decades ago, the problem is so far one side isn't fighting...

Outofdatedolphin

I guess you don't live in the UK? Everyone hates everyone and this is just par for the course, we magically unite as a nation when we get super pissed off (except Scotland, but honestly they can keep that we don't want it) A UK civil war will never happen in the next decade or probably more.

willNffcUk

We are fucked in the UK lol the finances are only getting worse

Soggy-File8858

UK home building is a nightmare, had no idea people who invested that much money would not know that.

tslewis71

Why are we supposed to give out our diesel when we have our own requirements? Blame it on UK etc for not looking after their diesel stick piles. All you guys in Europe ever do is expect us to baik you out and all we get into return is complaints.

Fast_and_Curious618

What broker do you trade options with in the UK? I’ve been dabbling with the options on my spread betting account because of the high leverage but they don’t even show the Greeks so gotta be careful.

-mini-kuma

I'm UK unemployed, but jokes on others - I get to stay up to watch Asia open and reduce my loss % on Chinese stocks.

WickedSensitiveCrew

Yea. It made no sense they never mentioned entering the UK market.

WickedSensitiveCrew

NU denied the UK acquisition rumor.

Ancient_Bobcat_9150

Different companies. I chose Nu at the time, but Meli is a great company. I must point out that I am not pleased some strategic decisions they have recently made. It is a gamble that just does not seem necessary (the UK acquisition)

action_turtle

😬 from the UK, I'd actively avoid buying a house from those companies/brands. In any case, doesn't really matter, housing market is dogshit here. Interest rates need to drop

DefiantTelephone6095

I built a shed in the UK the other day if you'd like to invest

Valuable-Flounder692

Not surprised it's SPECTRE The UK will have to start a new James Bond course at MI6 soon!

Known-Ad8958

i get the fear of the 'outside world', but the stalling UK housing market has been all we've seen lately. investors double-down on builders because valuations look suck—yet high mortgage rates and messy planning still swing the whole basket. if you want a safety valve, a global property ETF keeps you in the game without having to watch the UK bank-rate rollercoaster.

TheoryInttro

Capital flows across borders with minimal friction whatever governments try. If Europe want capital to remain invested in German or UK they have to increase yields to where the returns match what investors could get for dumping German bonds and buying US bonds. CF: Scott Bessents' claim to fame when he worked for Soros and executed on Soros' plan - which Bessent misinterpreted to mean that he could give orders as well as follow them. Or Liz Truss monumental failure and resignation as prime minister in the face of capital flight.

cursy

Property in general is not the investment it used to be. The population of much of the world (including the UK) is naturally declining. It's only immigration that was keeping it growing and immigration is now politically toxic. House prices are already falling, and I can't see much demand for new homes going forward.

JusNoGood

I’m UK. Never heard of that company before, I should have done by the looks. Did a google, they have a 1.5 trust pilot score! Sorry for your loss.

Adventurous_Fact8418

No DD required. I’m just suggesting that the UK is a very challenging place to invest due to policy and potential policy changes.

RiskOnRicky

This is the final nail in the regarded coffin. Small boat crossings increasing demand for housing - *what a complete clown you are OP*. If you put the daily mail down for one second and spend that time googling the tiny number of people who illegally enter the UK (30-40k at its peak!) you would see how utterly regarded this is. For context about 130k Brits decide to permanently move to another country each year. Heck, because the UK has become such a shit show for (real) multinational companies - highly paid EU nationals (who could actually buy a house) have left at a net loss of 40k every single year since 2022! Your loss seems very well deserved

H4913

Keep parroting CNN narratives and prepare to pay 3€s because US and UK are defending a Jewish narcoman's democracy

alteraltissimo

Come on, everyone knows it's illegal to build in the UK.

SuspectJuice

71% of homes in the UK are under occupied. Wakey wakey

Stan4Max4Ever

The Americans reading this thread are not fully going to understand just how insanely regarded this bet was. What about the state of the current UK housing market enticed you into this?! 

HBCTIA

Well OP, you're in good company. UK passive evangelists @Monevator evidently tipping Persimmon and Berkeley Group from the comments on their naughty active 'Mogul' tier on Friday: https://monevator.com/their-first-home-the-next-buying-opportunity-members/ Can't say I'm feeling a warm glow when it comes to home builders here: - UK TFR 1.39 and falling. Population rise flattening out fast. London population down. Massive hostility to more immigration. All = fewer eventually buyers. - Planning system since 1947 prevents building at scale. - Crashes every 17 or so years in 1974, 1991, 2009 and arguably now. Central London prices (especially flats) falling like a brick (average Westminster selling price down £1.5 mn to £1.2 mn last year IIRC). Where London goes rest of UK tends to follow. - UK energy dependency means uniquely exposed to imported inflation (especially on LNG) and no sign rate cycle anywhere near topping. - Massive overhang of BTL flats being sold due to successive governments (from 2015 onwards) war on landlords. The numbers don't work. That gums up the entry tier on home selling and eventually effects reach up the housing ladder. - Grenfell / cladding remediation throwing more spanners in the works. What starts in flats doesn't stay in flats. There's no magic protective force field around new home builders. Then again, buy when there's blood in the streets and all that.....I your brave (spoiler alert, I ain't).

ucardiologist

In 5 years time most of Europe will drive electric cars with current crazos in charge with the white hause, and the petrol wars that are ruining millions and billions of people’s economies. We have diesel selling for £2 litres in the UK let that sink in. EV s are flying of the shelves London is 50-60 % electric cars and 90% electric buses. The rest of the country will follow soon 5 years

Adventurous_Fact8418

The UK is no place for the rational investor. The country is run by people who aren’t qualified to be members of a local PTA.

Rosella2562

Thank you, I appreciate that- And yes, the rent is unfortunately too damn high even for a studio, especially in the UK where the average post-tax salary barely covers the average rent in cities 😭 Surprisingly trading options was the only way I was able to afford food and bills, just trying to get back on my feet after a few unexpected flat repair/healthcare expenses :/

General_Custard_5080

Yeah, we UK) aren’t building anywhere near as many houses as we need to. Also the markets fucked. Also interest rates are fucked. Also wages are too low to afford the houses. Also new build house quality is shit so no one wants to buy the houses. Good thing you only invested $132k😂

Candlelight_Fant4sia

I guess you don't watch any news from the UK, Spain or France, let alone Sweden's elections.

JC878

Dude man, the UK isn’t doing well at all…. Why?!!!

Gloomy_Locksmith_362

Lol @ investing in the UK, rookie mistake

Gloomy_Locksmith_362

Logically investing in the UK makes zero sense regard'

IAmAnImpartialHuman

Did you buy these immediately after alllll UK house builders jumped about 12% in one day?

anthropic-

I’m from the UK, I’m holding a position with basically the same amount 100k invested, and it’s down 30% I’m not sweating it because I have conviction in the play

lynbod

You think any of the right wing parties are going help UK housebuilders of *all* industries? 🤣 Jesus fucking Christ no wonder this country is in the state it's in. There was a time when the average man in the street actually understood what the parties actually represented, and roughly knew what they were voting for.

Angled_Hairline57845

Retard. What sort of smooth brained moron thinks fucking *labour* are a bad option for the UK in 2026. JFC, pay attention and get off of Facebook.

RisingDeadMan0

ah yes, then who will we get who can magically revive our Industry/manufacturing and bring back jobs/money/housing to the UK?

Jtbizzzle

Planning system remains difficult. Build costs have sky rocketed post Brexit and post COVID because of the cost of materials and labour. The cost of delivering infrastructure and utilities (eg electricity, pottable water, and foul water capacity) has sky rocketed. Utilities aren't even available at any cost in many places due to water system and grid capacity constraints. And the economy is really not in great shape (which hits personal and corporate earnings, and the commercial occupational leasing property market). Developing most types of property at scale in the UK is incredibly financially difficult, and in many places, land values are effectively negative. But Vistry takes the biscuit. It went through huge M&A driven growth in the run up to it's 'difficult patch'. Huge cultural and practical company integration issues. Huge competency issues (see prior profit warning when QS's teams massively underestimated build costs in certain regions). Demotivated C-Suite. If you want to own equities, buy an all world tracker and forget about it for at least a decade. If you need the money sooner, don't take punts on equities, and certainly don't cannonball your savings into companies and industries that you can't get under the hood of. An investor.

Jtbizzzle

It's worse than this. Planning system remains difficult. Build costs have sky rocketed post Brexit and post COVID because of the cost of materials and labour. The cost of delivering infrastructure and utilities (eg electricity, pottable water, and foul water capacity) has sky rocketed. Utilities aren't even available at any cost in many places due to water system and grid capacity constraints. And the economy is really not in great shape (which hits personal and corporate earnings, and the commercial occupational leasing property market). Developing most types of property at scale in the UK is incredibly financially difficult, and in many places, land values are effectively negative. But Vistry takes the biscuit. It went through huge M&A driven growth in the run up to it's 'difficult patch'. Huge cultural and practical company integration issues. Huge competency issues (see prior profit warning when QS's teams massively underestimated build costs in certain regions). Demotivated C-Suite. If you want to own equities, buy an all world tracker and forget about it for at least a decade. If you need the money sooner, don't take punts on equities, and certainly don't cannonball your savings into companies and industries that you can't get under the hood of. An investor.

kille7n

????? As property developer I tell people the profit you make from property is to be put in your ISA, SASS pension and stock bonds. Diversity in investment is the best way to avoid losses. UK property market if you going invest on it requires you to be patient either buying horrible properties and fixing it or holding it for years.

Magnets

> UK bank stocks, good. they are going to increase tax on banks again https://www.thetimes.com/article/c8b3f5b4-5824-4325-8adc-69be49c96042

killy_321

Labour are destroying Pensions, bonds and guilts, national debt and anything else they can get their hands on. Investing in anything UK is only worthwhile if you think the are going to call a general election.

RonyElZaib

Where in the UK do you think those £1.4 million, 3 bed end of terrace are???

Objective_Mousse7216

Don't invest in the UK. Simple.

BingGongTing

Investing in the UK, first mistake, last mistake.

11Mikky11

In reality I imagine most want to build the homes, the problem is the vast and incredibly complex UK planning systems and bureaucracy.

AdFew2832

Wow - it’s a bad idea investing anything in the UK! Everyone here with any sense has their money in US index trackers!

AethelweardSaxon

You’ve chosen the worst time ever to invest in the UK housing market

Infamous-Bunch4920

There is little options trading in he UK. I'll stand corrected but I believe OP has invested that amount in whole shares. 

sketchfag

LMAO. The UK councils making AI generated abominations look less worse than reality

Crushalot9

The wealth gap irl is astonishing. Per capital gap of UK is similar to Alabama