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Sea_Bike_5508

UK market will go all over the place given this is on the same day local elections are being held.

Icy_Jelly_315

UK government is saying we fuk for 8 months AFTER war over and strait open, and they are generally on the side of accentuate the positive, Eeliminate the negative

Aethion

Well I’m just asking peoples opinion in here with more financial awareness than myself. I’m sure People said that GameStop guy was on copium when he kept posting about his position etc. BT borrowed billions to build the fibre network over the top of its copper network in the UK. This work is nearly complete, they are switching all their electric systems of 2027 their costs are going to go down massively. They are planning on closing buildings and exchanges that are just eating into their profit. Their Openreach arm has about 35k employees and over the next 10 years plan to drop it to 10% of that as the network will just need maintaining and not building. I just put my thoughts out there and wanted to see what other more financial people think of the position.

gul_bil

I think part of 🥭 plan: control all the oil production/transport he possibly can and jack the prices indefinetively. Ref. shadow fleet: I think we will come to a point where Europe will ban russian oil during ukr-war; one of the reasons for lax and meek european responses to Russia last 16 years was Orban/Hungary - but that has likely changed. What would be the point of going broke to fund your enemy AND your enemys enemy, if you could simply stop your enemys ability to wage war at the cost of "only" an energy crisis?  Fuel rationing has been done before and will probably be implemented again - could be done as easy as gov order WFH unless impossible. Some day the oil will have ran out, and its better to simply pull the band aid off sooner than later. It is a question of time, I suppose. And this would be in the big picture a lesser evil for EU. Russia sells oil -> russias friend ensures feetdragging against renewables and sanctions -> russia will have a harder time selling oil. If I dont misremember; Already in january EU initiated a major offshore wind-power project I think 15GW annually until 2040. China is also massively leaning into renewables. The same way the car industry was rapidly and forever changed during the oil crisises of the 70s, I think we will see a shift towards renewables and nuclear. Norway and UK have oil, not by any means splurge-quantities clearly, but probably enough to maintain the vital emergency necessities. Ukr is conducting attacks against Rus transit terminals and refineries, and the current Putin-friendly administration in the white house is soon to be replaced - so I guess Russias position is potentially changed extremely rapidly. Would be too bad if someone blocked the chokepoints of Suez, Skagerrak and Gibraltar.  But then again, Im a regarded.

JamieUK93

If you know any reliable and accurate source material for UK based trading im happy to learn from that, everyday is a school day just would be nice to know that the school is a good one if you get me 🤣

ItsJonesyy

Looked at your profile. You're a panel beater on I guess 30 - 40k? Serious advice, stay well away from the gamified brokers like trading 212, I can guarantee you will blow it all. It makes investing with leverage far too easy. Set up an automated global index investment and block this sub. Most importantly you need to increase your salary. Hard graft will not get you far in the UK, you actually need to commit to a career with growth prospects. Two routes that can work well are tech / software sales, or working towards chartered accountancy. UK salaries are woeful and increasing earning power is the only realistic way to escape your situation

JamieUK93

Ill just shoot straight. Im a dad of two, grew up poor and put in 8k debt by my mum but paid that off, dad was a degenerate nonce to his own kids, no one in the larger family on both sides has ever really been a success and literally scrape by even after working hard all their lives. Now ive dabbled on trading 212 (UK app) but have no fucking idea what im doing and wanted to play a long game pension pot on tech stocks to give the kids something for when i die as i want to break the cycle on what only seems to be inheriting debt and other bullshit. I can risk like £200-£300 a month, to the experienced and succesful traders my question is now what would be the first thing you would do with this if you were in my shoes, just saw a post on WSB of someone making AMD call for 350 and turned it into 6 figures, like htf does that even work? I wouldnt even be that greedy or need it to be that lucrative. My dream is to buy our social rented home and put more into my boys savings account. Id be even happy to pay to learn because somethings got to change and i dont want to die leaving them fuck all. Not a sob story just context on why im trying to achieve more in life. Ive tried to learn about calls and puts but its like we dont seem to have the same apps, functions and tools as the US apps have? Ive got nothing to lose at this point apart from the bros that want to make fun of me so here i am. Thankyou all.

JamieUK93

Just how? Ill just shoot straight. Im a dad of two, grew up poor and put in 8k debt by my mum but paid that off, dad was a degenerate nonce to his own kids, no one in the larger family on both sides has ever really been a success and literally scrape by even after working hard all their lives. Now ive dabbled on trading 212 (UK app) but have no fucking idea what im doing and wanted to play a long game pension pot to give the kids something for when i die as i want to break the cycle on what only seems to be inheriting debt and other bullshit. I can risk like £200-£300 a month, to the experienced and succesful traders my question is now what would be the first thing you would do with this if you were in my shoes, just saw a post on WSB of someone making AMD call for 350 and turned it into 6 figures, like htf does that even work? I wouldnt even be that greedy or need it to be that lucrative. My dream is to buy our social rented home and put more into my boys savings account. Id be even happy to pay to learn because somethings got to change and i dont want to die leaving them fuck all. Not a sob story just context on why im trying to achieve more in life. Ive tried to learn about calls and puts but its like we dont seem to have the same apps, functions and tools as the US apps have? Ive got nothing to lose at this point apart from the bros that want to make fun of me so here i am. Thankyou all and thanks to those with the useful advice.

JamieUK93

How the hell did you do this? Ill just shoot straight. Im a dad of two, grew up poor and put in 8k debt by my mum but paid that off, dad was a degenerate nonce to his own kids, no one in the larger family on both sides has ever really been a success and literally scrape by even after working hard all their lives. Now ive dabbled on trading 212 (UK app) but have no fucking idea what im doing and wanted to play a long game pension pot to give the kids something for when i die as i want to break the cycle on what only seems to be inheriting debt and other bullshit. I can risk like £200-£300 a month, to the experienced and succesful traders my question is now what would be the first thing you would do with this if you were in my shoes, like htf does that even work? I wouldnt even be that greedy or need it to be that lucrative. My dream is to buy our social rented home and put more into my boys savings account. Id be even happy to pay to learn because somethings got to change and i dont want to die leaving them fuck all. Not a sob story just context on why im trying to achieve more. Ive tried to learn about calls and puts and have a basic understanding but its like we dont seem to have the same apps, functions and tools as the US apps have? Ive got nothing to lose at this point apart from the bros that want to make fun of me so here i am. Thankyou all.

DiarrheaFartLover

The chefs that Republicans hire make UK-tier food

andytobbles

UK drill and the gym, best combo of all time I believe

kazkeb

Kind of ironic that the UK didn't want any part of this war, and now the USS Boxer is about to arrive in the ME

BorrisZ

If Argentina invades The Falklands the UK should just cut the bullshit and make Argentina a British Protectorate  

Independent-Tree-985

> The UK is facing a potential CO2 supply crisis in 2026, driven by geopolitical instability in the Middle East threatening fertilizer production, which is a key source of industrial CO2. The government has committed £100m to reopen the Ensus bioethanol plant to prevent shortages of CO2 critical for food preservation and drinks. I love how the AI immediately fishtails into talking about fizzy drink shortages

rbraalih

Never mind that, UK is facing a CO² crisis. Like I'm patriotically exhaling the stuff 24/7 but nobody comes to collect it

Delicious_Put_5857

no, yet another retarded culture war-ish type thing where we side with worthless argentina over key ally UK

MohWilliams

[Here you go ignorant American](https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=ISA+UK)

vladiater100

UK ain't too bad in that regard haha

KittyLover-7

UK ISA so the the gains are tax free too Congrats and fuck you bastard

Coley44

I'm not running options, buying stocks in a UK tax efficient account which I'll use for a house deposit a decade or so from now. These small swings and dips in an environment guaranteed to continue over and over are not much for me to miss out on. Plus id boight MSFT on the dip and sold the rip, I just wasn't full port like I wanted to be if SPY fell further

MmNicecream

Back in the 1950s, Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal, which had previously been under British control, and closed it and other sea passages to Israeli ships. This annoyed the UK, France, and Israel, so they all jointly invaded Egypt a few months later. The US opposed the invasion, fearing it would push Arab states towards aligning with the USSR, so they forced the British and French to withdraw. Comparisons to the Iran War are being made because the two conflicts share some broad similarities - a crumbling imperial superpower relies on its military might to defeat an enemy, but finds, for one reason or another, that it can't, signalling to the entire world that that superpower is falling. After the Suez Crisis, the British and French were humiliated, and their forced withdrawal made it clear that the previously important European powers had lost their status and could no longer operate independently of the US. In the current Iran war, the incompetence and idiocy of US leadership has led the country into an economic crisis and strategic failure, undermining the US' global power and possibly signalling that we've become something of a paper tiger.

patricktu1258

100% this. Taiwan stock market just surpassed UK lmao.

SlartibartfastMcGee

The median income of the UK is lower than the poorest US state. Of course our stock market seems to high for them, a single share of META costs more than a month’s salary.

fordfocus2024

Economists are wrong most of the time. Secondly, never trust the BoE based on how they’ve mismanaged internet rates in the UK post Covid

MT-Capital

Bruh who even trades UK stocks

Accurate_Sense4676

Can I do this in the UK? Need a little direction. Obviously i know these results ain't normal but it does look interesting

stpizz

Some of the regulations explicitly ban that (the UK version, for instance)

kadam_ss

Indian markets are wild. It’s like the entire country’s youth are gambling on the options markets. Here’s some crazy stats: options account for 80% of *all* market activity in dollar terms. More options are traded in India on an average day than *all other markets in the world* combined. Think about that. Options trades in Indian market, which is a tiny fraction of US has more volume than US, UK, China, Japan, European markets combined.

Glad-Application-338

The same thing happened to me. I was stupid and kept paying them because of how high the profit was. They had me living in a dream world. Then, I ended up paying them over $1600. They obviously were scamming me. The so called firm name is Euphoria5 based in the UK and the trader's name is Larisa Caba. I don't even know if that was really her or if someone was pretending to be her.

River_Sandhu

I fly over from the UK to show you my regardedness 😂

Im_only_here_to_meme

China and the US are so economically bound that either one failing would absolutely crush the other. It's in the best interest to ensure the success of both countries for the success of their own... while also competing at the same time. This is why I hate modern politics/economics. I wish we'd just stop dicking around and work forward together globally so we could all benefit. When I grew up in the 90s I really thought at minimum Canada/US would form a political/economic union and it would be closely tied between a union with the UK/EU. It just seemed like the direction relations and the economy were going. I guess I gave humanity too much credit.

spicydrywallmix

Duolingo is currently bidding on a ~$1b contract with the UK government to be their English test provider for immigration language assessment. Currently this is only being reported on by right-leaning British newspapers with fearmongering undertones (« Duolingo is going to make it easier for migrants to cheat on their language testing ») but if they succeed in entering the immigration language testing space it could wildly change the narrative around DUOL

BritishAnimator

\#2,3 The Supreme Leader (now dead) had said in his fatwa that "*nuclear weapons are against sharia law".* Google that. Plenty to read. A lot of suspicions and misinformation floating around too. Go back a few years and fact check. Also the "Nuclear program of Iran" on the WiKi has a fair bit of info for us peasants to read. However hardliners in Iran are now saying it's ever more obvious they need them. It's like a self fulfilling prophecy. The wolf (I think) in all of this is Israel, they have been saying that Iran was 2 weeks away from a Nuclear weapon for over 20 years now, I lost count of how many times they have said it, a few people have put together video montages going back to the early 2000's, its crazy to see how many times they shout it. The general consensus was Iran hadn't got to Nuclear Bomb levels of enrichment, if they had, they would have announced it as a deterrent, but because the nuclear agreement was in shreds, US inspectors couldn't go in and confirm anything. Then Trump bombed all the known nuclear sites so its now doubly hard to prove either way. What this means for underground contamination is anybody's guess. Sadly, these actions cause more countries to want Nuclear weapons as a deterrent rather than globally disarming. Even the UK is making more warheads due to global tension :/

Anxious-Guarantee-12

>Instantaneously your money is just gone, and the bank is under no obligation to help you get your funds back That's an US thing. In UK banks have a mandatory due diliguence against fraud. If they don't cooperate, you can receive a compensation. Nevertheless if this was the real deal breaker, competitors (Bizum, Pix...) can copy these consumer/fraud protections aswelll... As simple as that. And that's the whole point of my message. Visa/Mastercard could remain strong in US, but not neccesary in other countries. Cheaper and better options are appearing around the globe.

Own-Jeweler3169

Oh don't get me started on boomers, fucking impossible to own a house in the UK now, job markets fucked, and back then they would be able to buy a whole house on 1 maybe 2 years salary. Nowadays you need that for a fuckn 5% deposit on a shitty little house. Whole things fucked mate, caught in the middle of trying to make it out and just giving up and living like a NPC.

Dense-Yak7105

the BoE deputy framing this as a systemic resilience concern is actually more important than people are giving it credit for. she's not calling tops for retail traders, she's flagging that elevated equity valuations create AMPLIFIED DOWNSIDE RISK if something breaks in credit or liquidity. the 2022 UK gilt crisis showed exactly how fast things can unravel when leverage is high and buffers are thin. worth taking seriously even if the timing is unknowable.

toooomanypuppies

I promise you all, the vast majority of us Brits only have one thing to say to Trump. Fuck off Knobhead. Your constant verbal diarrhea is just utterly loathsome and you are about the only thing that seems to unit the UK right now, out of pure distain. As a side note, we need to build more turbines (or windmills as he keeps saying, like we're milling flour, the fucking imbecile) around his gold courses. they look great!

gul_bil

Al Jazeera reports: "Falklands sovereignty rests with UK, Britain tells US after Pentagon email Britain told the United States on Friday that the Falkland Islands are British territory, responding to an internal Pentagon email that proposed rethinking Washington’s stance on the South Atlantic archipelago as punishment for the UK’s position on the Iran war. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s spokesperson said that. “Sovereignty rests with the UK and the islands’ right to self-determination is paramount,” the official said, noting that this has made this clear to multiple US administrations over the years." Falklands War II: Electric Archipelagoo

Cosmorto

Not so sure about that [UK Central Bank Doom and Gloom](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c75kp1y43lgo)

Anxious-Guarantee-12

I think US must be different. In UK you can get your bank involved. They will respond, because if they don't . You can scalate the issue to Ombudsman. Which it's expensive for them (plus you get an extra compensation on top).

_IsNull

Trump is sick of Iran and moved on to hassle UK on their digital tax.

Remm_Unknown

I live in UK and use a S&S Isa so there is no tax on this, just debating whether to hold or sell, surely it will breathe and pull back.. although I already sold 5 shares earlier at 275 😭

nitpickachu

BOE doesn't care about UK government borrowing rates. If they did they would stop QT dumping their gilts on the market.

50_61S-----165_97E

Shes saying this because she wants investors to move into gilts, increased demand for gilts would drop borrowing rates for the UK government and ease the fiscal situation. It's pure market manipulation.

GapOwn9308

except it's not even illegal to add surcharge (up to the additional merchant cost in ANZ) so it's really just EU, UK(basically same cluster), China, SK 90% is from the fact that the \~30 countries are in that same area with China and SK being the few exceptions

zeruch

When the countries are the EEC bloc, the UK, China, ANZ, SK...it's kind of a significant portion of modern economies. Not sure where you get 90%, as it's as vague and mine was "misleading"

LiterarilyFine

I can’t speak for mainland Europe but here in the UK we’re very aware of the protections and recourse we get with credit cards. I put all my expenditure on credit and just pay it off each month. Paying via a bank transfer effectively strips all of my recourse and protection so I’d not be looking to pay via bank transfer anytime soon.

wanmoar

I live in the UK. What you describe is how I'd say only about a third of my online transactions go. For context: Most often, we pick the apple/google pay option if buying on a phone. Pay directly is always an option. Those all link back to a visa/mastercard/amex card so no risk there. If on a laptop/desktop, there is often an apple or google pay option but always in addition to the pay by bank or pay by debit or pay by credit card, options. Here's how my split goes (thanks Open Banking for the stats): - 15% of my sending this year is direct with the bank. These were direct debits for my gym, club, utilities, water, and broadband. - 55% of my spending is through visa or mastercard or an apple/google pay card linked to one of them. The balance is rent which I'm not counting here since we must pay it directly from the bank where I live - the rest we have discretion over.

Late-Tadpole-2318

More tariffs on the UK probably because they are not going to drop that digital services tax. Admin is getting yippy about SAAS

Spy300

>TRUMP: COULD PUT BIG TARIFF ON UK >TRUMP: IF UK DOESN'T DROP TAX, WILL PUT BIG TARIFF Second, largest foreign treasury holder.Let's see how it plays out

Anxious-Guarantee-12

I have never ever done a chargeback in UK. It's not like I haven't had problem with purchases. But I usually manage to solve them.

throwaway815795

You can sell relatively quickly, the price can drop of the market is literally in free fall when you try to sell, but otherwise you're good. Then you have the cash in your SS ISA holding. Then you can withdraw it. There's not really a timing issue unless transfering into and ISA from another ISA provider. UK Personal finance can answer you. The main things people use in the UK are VWRP and VHVG for index global funds. They are ETF index funds.

Prynhawn_Da

In the UK, this very much depends. A lot of us will just use credit cards, and pay off in full every month by default, and we do get increased protections in many cases. People might not understand credit cards and just stick to debit cards though. That's likely the majority (I'm guessing).

OSUBrit

In the UK though you actually do want to pay via a card directly for large purchases so you can get your S.75 protections. Pay directly by bank is a way for merchants to avoid having to deal with chargebacks and to reduce the consumer protections they have to deal with.

Thin_Formal_3727

Happened at 5pm UK time while the market was open. 2.5 hour into the trading day

Sad-Substance8684

Next round of talks in New Delhi, and then Birmingham, UK

skychief99

CNN: UK and France say military options needed to reopen Strait of Hormuz. Looks like they're about to join the party. Yet the market trades flat and at ATH which is beyond regarded as oil will be $200 within a few months.

Iamhappilyconfused

Meanwhile the UK is stuck in the middle ages

pink_ego_box

UK March CPI 3.3% (previous month 2.6%) South Korea March PPI 4.1% (previous month 2.5%) Buy Gold 🪙

thelostjoel

I’m not familiar with options since we don’t have it in the UK, but if it goes the other way and your account goes in the minuses what happens? Do you get debt collectors at your door or does it just remain in the red?

PandoraBot

Funniest part is it's my UK friends that mainly say retard the most

4BennyBlanco4

Disclaimer: I have no idea what I'm talking about. It won't happen overnight, even many decades after the loss of British hegemony the UK is still an okay place to invest today some of the worlds biggest companies are still there. It's not as if it'll immediately become some investment backwater.

Justmakingaliving

None of these work for a UK investor. EU Regulations are nuts. You need to find Irish domiciled equivalents to avoid a significant tax bill. They tend to grow slower than US counterparts but it’s the best an EU based investor can do. Irish domiciled ETFs that’s allegedly track US/Global, in an ISA.

Late-Combination5060

Ah I've seen this on many UK licenses... If it says Whales, watch the fuck out

nfisherzz

Akanda Corp. (NASDAQ: AKAN) is an international medical cannabis company focused on cultivating and distributing premium, indoor-grown products, primarily through its subsidiaries including Holigen and CanMart. Founded in 2021, it operates in the UK and Portugal. As of April 2026, the stock has experienced extreme volatility and high trading volume

sinncab6

Because it's a bit ironic that the party of small government and laissez faire economics is now in the business of picking winners and losers like it's the UK in the 70s.

Iamhappilyconfused

In the UK the same thing happens but they take your flat screen with them as well

Planar_Harold

>it's a complete shit show. It's fine. Doing a lot better than the US and people are even rallying around Kier Starmer in the face of Farage's gambit. I'm from the UK and you're being a retard.

Planar_Harold

>Chatgbt: Yes ChatGPT isn't a source - it should list its sources if you ask. But using it as a source is actually incredibly stupid, and I say that as an outspoken proponent of AI. You need to look at the sources, not what ChatGPT abstracts from them. You haven't actually mentioned the specific part of the bill, or provided any evidence that this has ever happened. I'm from here - this has never happened. No-one has ever been arrested simply for calling another human a 'retard' in the UK. I'm actually happy to bet something on that. You are really getting into the spirit of the OP though, I'll give you that.

UsernameDemanded

I mean whatever product he has (401k, UK pension or other tax efficient stock portfolio), They're called 'wrappers' in the UK and as long as the funds stay invested, even if in cash, then there is no tax liability.

RagingAnus69

Because everything is tied into the military industrial complex. You know who makes airburst timers? Jet engines? Who has the service contracts for those engines paid out based on flight hours? GE. They invented the airburst timer using repurposed Christmas lights, which is why there were no Christmas lights to buy during WWII. You know who makes chaff? Meadowbrook. They've been the number one glitter producer since they invented it. Guess how chaff is produced? Using proprietary precision mico-machining that is, conveniently, also used to make glitter. US MRE producers are tied into every major food packaging company globally. Someone from Australia may have heard of Jensen's Organics, someone from the UK might know the name Orexis - both subsidiaries of Baxter, who makes US MREs. Patagonia? Specialized uniforms. Danner and Belleville? Standard issue GI boots. You may know Daikin as a mid-tier air conditioner company. They also make grenades. Saab? The AT-4 man-portable anti-tank weapon system. The list goes on and on and on. It costs them more to get their consumer goods to consumers, so their consumer pricing goes up and we expect those companies are probably suffering along with us. But for every extra dollar they spend making and selling consumer goods because of the fuel crisis, they make ten off the war. Revenue and profit continues increasing, so does value.

haneybird

See, the part that you're missing is it isn't that we don't believe you, we just all understand that UK law is retarded.

honkballs

And yet, it's correct here... it literally went on to quote the direct law. Hate speech laws are a thing in the UK, you can't use "slurs" against protected characteristics, this isn't some conspiracy, literally 13k+ people in the UK get arrested for saying things online a year, all this is easily verifiable online.

TheScourgeOfHumanity

We should annex the UK

shittyarsemcghee

UK based. Released equity in residential home and bought 2 buy to lets.

honkballs

Wtf is up with people being so confidently incorrect for such simple facts they can find out in 2 seconds? Google is free, go educate yourself, you absolutely can. Do you live in the UK? Let me know, I'll report your comment now for hate speech.

dreadeddrifter

You need a retard license to say it in the UK

khurgan_

120GW is the whole UK’s electricity demand … four times over! Or enough power to satisfy the 1st world standard energy need of 200 - 300 million people. 

light_to_shaddow

It's a [Japanese format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragons%27_Den#Japan)so you can watch the UK version or one of the other 40

GumGumChemist

Imagine thinking the UK is relevant. Just a bunch of bean eaters.

honkballs

Me: "Can I get arrested for calling someone a retard in the UK" Google: Yes You: Nah, must be made up. You're lucky I'm in the UK and can't call you one.

honkballs

That's the fun bit... they don't have to! The law is vague enough so you never know what you can and can't say! *From chatgbt...* The law doesn’t work off a fixed list of “banned words”, it looks at how the words are understood in context and their likely impact under the Public Order Act 1986. Why “retard” is treated more seriously. 1. It targets a protected characteristic “Retard” is widely understood as referring to intellectual disability. That links it to disability, which is a protected characteristic in UK law.

honkballs

"Yes, you can be arrested in the UK for using such language, though it depends heavily on the specific context and whether it crosses the threshold into a criminal offense" Google is free.

king-lebron-james67

Please stop blindly following American Redditors and literally choosing ETFs like VOO. Just choose the UK-domiciled version of them. Redditors give good advice but the issue is you gotta deal with US tax stuff and also deal with currency conversion fees. Just search for the UK version of your ETF. I'm in Australia and vanguard has Aussie alternatives, but we also have Betashares which is a big player in Australia.

SockIntelligent9589

Then what if you say to someone that he is retardmaxxing, is it hate speech? Going soon to UK so I bwtter figure that out.

honkballs

If you call someone that word in the UK you can be arrested for "hate speech".

honkballs

Fun fact, if you call someone a retard in the UK, even as a joke, you can be arrested for "hate speech".

Fred776

You said you are in the UK, so there's no point asking Americans for ETF suggestions as you can't buy US domiciled ETFs. For example you can't buy VOO in the UK - you would want something like VUAG, which is more or less equivalent. Many passive investors in the UK would probably advise just having a single global index ETF and be done with it. VWRP is a common choice for this though there are some smaller competitor funds these days, with slightly lower fees.

Icy_Jelly_315

Astonishing but true. There's a UK Guardian newspaper interview from the 80s or 90s where he specifically says he wants kharg

birdman1121

Venezuela, moving the Ford CSG, the Iwo Jima ARG, and other naval vessels into position before the operation. Moving the Ford CSG and Abe CSG in addition to multiple other naval vessels into position into position before attacking Iran. Now the Abe CSG is in position with the Tripoli ARG, the Ford CSG just transited the Suez Canal and entered the Red Sea, the Bush CSG just rounded the Horn of Africa and will be joining the Abe shortly, the Boxer ARG on its way over, and that’s just the Naval/Marine forces. This doesn’t include the strategic bombers from UK or the jets from other European, African, and Middle Eastern bases. It’s too large of a force not to use.

mdh1119

UK just published their march PPI numbers. Look at the table from March 2025 to 2026. [ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/producerpriceinflation/march2026includingservicesjanuarytomarch2026](http://ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/producerpriceinflation/march2026includingservicesjanuarytomarch2026)

sailortyx56

UK passes lifelong ban on buying tobacco and vapes for everyone born after 2008. How do I invest in the British tobacco black market?

laverania

You are based in the UK. Don't do VOO or VT. CSPX and VWRA are more suitable for you. Look up UCITS ETF.

M-Bernard-LLB

Is the time stamp anything to worry about? Or does it use local time in, say, the UK?

Salty-Bid1597

London not the UK. Also don't TSA use it routinely already anyway?

NotMe357

"Facial recognition to be 'rolled out' across UK after human rights challenge fails, per Sky News" Damn, luckily I don't live in UK.

C130J_Darkstar

Actually 🤓 Rolls-Royce isn't in the same league as Oklo. First, a 470 MW plant isn't "scalable" for off-grid tech. It's a massive, multi-billion-dollar infrastructure project requiring massive grid upgrades. You can't just drop that behind the meter at a data center. Oklo’s 75MW footprint is genuinely scalable because it’s designed for distributed, localized power exactly where tech companies need it. They are also a decade behind. Rolls-Royce just signed preparatory contracts in the UK aiming for a Final Investment Decision in 2029. Their best-case scenario for hitting the grid is the mid-to-late 2030s, while Oklo is already tracking for 2027/2028 deployment. Another huge downside is that they are irrelevant to the U.S. market. Rolls-Royce is a UK/European government-backed play. They aren't a serious competitor domestically, and they certainly aren't competing for the American hyperscaler pipelines that Oklo has already penetrated (like their 1.2 GW binding agreement). Finally, you're comparing legacy tech to Gen IV. The RR SMR is literally just a shrunken-down PWR. Oklo is deploying a gen-IV SFR that can operate for years without refueling and eventually recycle nuclear waste. Comparing a 470 MW European PWR slated for 2035 to a U.S. fast micro-reactor slated for 2027 just proves you fundamentally misunderstand the use-cases of the advanced nuclear market.

honkballs

The largest sub in the UK is now just a crazy left leaning echo chamber that continues ban anyone that has a "mean" opinion they don't like. Open up any news story about a Migrant murdering / raping someone and the comments are filled with "deleted + banned" mod messages. They banned me for saying certain migrant groups in the UK aren't integrating well compared to others, that's "hate speech" apparently.

fire_alarmist

Mar 3: "We won the war." Mar 7: "We defeated Iran." Mar 9: "We must attack Iran." "The war is ending almost completely, and very beautifully." Mar 12: "We did win, but we haven't won completely yet." Mar 13: "We won the war." Mar 14: "Please help us." Mar 15: "If you don't help us, I will certainly remember it." Mar 16: "Actually, we don't need any help at all." "I was just testing to see who's listening to me." "If NATO doesn't help, they will suffer something very bad." Mar 17: "We neither need nor want NATO's help." "I don't need Congressional approval to withdraw from NATO." Mar 18: "Our allies must cooperate in reopening the Strait of Hormuz." Mar 19: "US allies need to get a grip -step up and help open the Strait of Hormuz" Mar 20: "NATO are cowards." Mar 21: "We don't use it, we don't need to open it." Mar 22: "This is the last time. I will give Iran 48 hours." "Iran is Dead" Mar 23: "We are giving them more time." Mar 24: "The war is nearing its end." Mar 25: "We are still negotiating." Mar 26: "Iran is begging for peace. They gave us a gift. We will give them more time." Mar 27: "Talks with iran are going very well" Mar 28: "War will be over soon" Mar 29: "Maybe we take Kharg island, maybe we dont" Mar 30: "Open the Strait or we will obliterate all energy infrastructure and oil wells" Mar 31: "We dont need the strait, we got plenty of oil. Get it yourself UK." April 1: "Iran wants a ceasefire" / "Strongly considering pulling out of NATO" / "There's no deal with Iran" April 3:"We can take their oil and make a fortune" April 5:"Open the fuckin strait you crazy bastards or youll be living in hell" April 6:"US could charge for strait of hormuz passage" April 7:"A whole civilization will die tonight" April 8:"Iran accepts ceasefire, the strait is opened" *strait closed* April 9:"NATO allies have days to reopen the strait" April 10:"Iran has no cards" April 11:"We're going to open up the strait" April 12:"US will blockade the strait" April 16:"I told NATO to stay away, they were useless" April 17:"Iran has agreed to never close the strait again" *iran closes the strait* April 18:"We might have to start dropping bombs again" April 19:"If iran doesnt sign the deal their whole country is going to get blown up" Stable Genius™ type shiii

EvangelineRain

*10% to play with would be my guideline. But otherwise I agree. "The market" is the S&P 500, so an ETF that tracks that is what I'd recommend (it’s what I choose myself). I’m more interested in not trailing the market than I am in beating the market. (I use margin to beat the market.) Since you’re UK based, you need to also decide whether you want to be exposed to currency exchange risk. You can get ETFs that remove that risk.