UK

Prudent-Leading-8835

Oil will keep rise, they made peace with gulf States not America and its ally, since france and german and UK wanna joint the field to, the oil Will Only to up

BrandonLeeOfficial

Nukes Inventory Breakdown (Approx. 2025): Russia: 5,450 USA: 5,170 China: 600 France: 290 UK: 225 Pakistan: 170 India: 180 Israel: 90 Best Korea: 50

undiscoveredpain

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has stated that the drone that struck the RAF Akrotiri base was not launched from Iran. [https://www.thenational.scot/news/25909109.drone-hit-raf-base-cyprus-not-launched-iran--mod-says/](https://www.thenational.scot/news/25909109.drone-hit-raf-base-cyprus-not-launched-iran--mod-says/) who are you? Why should I listen to you over uk ministry of defence who very clearly is a Zionist and a puppet like many of the “world leaders” of today? Are you an engineer? Have you analyzed the drones? Were you at the location they launched from? Have you seen a video of the drone being launched? Then why make up stuff you sound egotistical and it’s sad on my behalf for talking with a bot that has a purpose of making a regime known and referred to as the baby killers

Iamhappilyconfused

Northern Ireland is part of the UK, the Republic of Ireland - normally referred to as just Ireland - is not part of it.

Ok-Piano8789

UK is safe

bluen

is ireland part of the UK, or no?

Proof-Necessary-5201

Why do Americans get to have missiles that can be fired outside their borders and not Iranians???! See, that's the thing. You think that Americans are somehow to be trusted with weapons of mass destruction, but god forbid someone else has them. This tells me you have absorbed lots and lots of western propaganda. They scare you with the idea that Islamists will destroy everyone if they can. The reality is that every f#cking terrorist you see on this planet is the direct result of the injustices committed by those who manipulate you with propaganda. China isn't a problem. Modern Russia isn't a problem. Modern Japan isn't a problem. The middle east isn't a problem. The only problem are these assholes: Israel, The US, the UK and France. These 4 meddle in every f#cking country. They interfere with democracy. The finance revolutions. They topple governments... The only way for a country to protect itself from these bullies is to have nuclear weapons. North Korea is right. They wouldn't dare play there.

rwc5078

What type of news? For geopolitical news, I use tldr on YouTube They are from the UK, and it is not real time, but they are mostly unbiased They definitely have a bias towards the west and Europe, but relatively unbiased

metrize

America came out of it well compared to us in the UK, can you recover again like before? it sounds like the stuff americans are talking about now is what we’ve dealt with since 08

ZenMasterOfDisguise

You do realize jobs are down and unemployment is up in like every westernized democracy right. This is in no way unique to America as much as people here want to act like it is. UK, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Spain, Sweden, Canada, etc. are all losing jobs. Countries like Greece and Spain have an unemployment rate over 10%. Western capitalist countries for decades have been outsourcing labor and manufacturing, and now AI is taking the customer service jobs and tech jobs. Westernized capitalism is failing on a global level, if you think this is just America you are not seeing the bigger picture as to what is happening

patchyj

The dollar is the global reserve currency and the keep it like that with the biggest carrot and biggest stick in the world. That said, nations do have a nuclear economic option: US treasures. China, Japan and the UK are the largest holders last i checked. If they sell, and sell in earnest, it would likely be mutually assured economic destruction

Independent_Term5790

Nat gas close to doubled in Europe and UK lol

shxwcr0ss

Cries in UK £1.87 per LITRE

buried_lede

And … as of this morning, apparently NATO is now in. Reckless Trump.  Iran apparently hit NATO member Turkey and boom, article 5. Now UK, France, Greece are in. Turkey in, obviously.  Israel stopping food into gaza because too busy with Iran. 

Waqqy

Same in every big company at the minute, our industry as a whole has been laying off people in US, UK, and other high cost countries and replacing many of those with Indians, Bulgarians etc. Many of those however are just roles that will never be replaced, economy + Trump's healthcare policies means there is far less business and less commercial appetite to proceed with certain opportunities

shaqballs

RZLV is an AI agent company in the UK that has an average price target of $11 (currently trading under $3) it’s held down because the company does semi annual earnings which sucks because they have to prove earnings but it should be a blowout. End of March or early April, the ceo has a bit of shady past so do your own due diligence on it but I think they are legit and will be a major player someday in the AI agentic sector. SCD is a scandium junior miner out of Quebec. Incredibly speculative but the Canadian government just gave them a major grant and put scandium on the critical mineral list. If you compare them to the only other public scandium miner which is in Australia they trade at 5.50 and hit $7 not long ago due to catalysts that are coming in the next few months for SCD aswell. SCD trades under .20 cad. Again major gamble but the upside is huge if it works out. Thats just the summary for each do your own research. Rezolve also has partnerships with Microsoft and Google which are the reasons for it hitting $7 a year ago

given2fly_

On that last point, the world's perception of the United States has changed dramatically. Far more than it did in his first term. Europe and Canada are rightly outraged at his threats to annex their territory. He's insulted us in the UK several times. That's going to translate to lower exports as US goods are shunned, and fewer holidaymakers choosing to visit the US.

daedalus_dance

Yes. Return to Kingy. You clearly want a monarch, the UK has one ready and he's always properly groomed and not a shade of orange.

Prizma_the_alfa

Nuclear war is one the putin's propagandas that has done well in the west. USA, France, germany, Spain, slightly in the UK too. Russia would do nothing, it is a paper tiger.

kryptonyk

And UK

arabidopsis

As someone from the UK who is currently watching our COVID fraud enquiry go nowhere, I doubt any of it will turn up.

arabidopsis

Only $220M? Here in the UK we spent a few billion pounds on a excel spreadsheet from a company run by a friend of our ex-PM, David Cameron, and got it due to links to the current (ex) goverment of Boris Johnson.

Due-Variety1611

u/Any-Love-6016 , looks a slow morning, what you watching / in? I saw your early morning (UK) post

AnonymousTimewaster

By using this logic you could say betting on elections is investing because you can get a very solid analysis as to who's going to win. Everyone and their dog knew Labour would win the UK general election in 2024, so would betting on that be investing?

Due-Variety1611

Morning from the UK sir

noddington1234

Good morning from the UK m’lord *doffs cap*

Synergiex

UK already implied it without saying it loud. They stated the attack to our Cyprus base was not done by Iran…. If it was not them, who was it UK?! Same thing with Turkiye attack They try to trigger them to get involved and accordingly they want them to activate article 5 so Nato can join too. There were also theories that Israel did 9/11 to force US into war. I thought that was a bit too much of a conspiracy but after seeing what they have been doing in few years, nothing would surprise me

_Resso_

Bro they just said it aint us and they are thanking the GCC for not providing their airspace.. UK is also saying the attacks on its base was not Iran as well .. Man it is crazy how things are going , can’t believe anything said by anyone

shillyshally

Investors from other countries have invested in the US because we have been the innovation center but also because of our stability. Despite admin changes, not much has been done to rock the markets. Now we have an admin that is encouraging innovators to go elsewhere and that routinely manipulates the market. China now has the innovation but investors have been skeptical of their stability since the gov manipulates the market by decree. Once China becomes more predictable, the US will have significant competition as far as being the number one economic engine and will probably cede the top position. We'll be more like the UK. I used to think this change was a couple of generations hence but now it appears it may happen much mire quickly if the current admin remains in power.

JohanLiebert92

Bought $20 VIX puts 2 weeks out...at this rate it'll get there far quicker lmao SPX (since I can't fucking buy SPY, shitty UK) and MU calls is the play for tomorrow, already bought $400 MU calls

BeerFuelledDude

Schwab is available on the UK

meridian_05

ETFs arent supported by Robinhood in the UK. IBKR does them, with a UK-based account. Tastytrade does them with a US-based account opened from the UK. IG Index used to do them with a port through to Tasty but they withdrew that last October, you can still do spreadbets or CFDs though. Out of the two main contenders, IBKR is UK-based with FSCS protection but is notoriously difficult to get approved for more complicated options strategies. Tastytrade is easier to get approved but is US-based so no protection for your deposits.

ImpressiveAmount4684

At least NATO seems to keep a firm stance. The UK is already sucking up by sending jets. Stay out of the EU, Brexit.

No-Imagination-9933

Robinhood UK does but it is SPX not SPY

Salty-Bid1597

> Tesla UK sales drop 45% in February Lol, missed this earlier. Worth reposting.

ThisCase41

Best to trade SPX in UK (not SPY); and use IBKR.

Usual_Raspberry_9265

I assume you don't have bed and breakfast rule like we have in UK?

KieferSutherland

> The kids whe can't read or focus aren't getting online to find alternative Education, they're getting online and doing Tiktok trends and posting "67". This isn't unique to America. Every country is suffering from influencer culture. The UK and China especially. The grade school education in Canada is pretty awful. 

timeforknowledge

They are opening new coal plants every year so much so that they could power the entirety of the UK with them. The UK had to buy it's power from other countries because it's gone so green it refuses to produce it and would rather pay a premium to buy it elsewhere

michaelmacmanus

> Mosaddegh committed election fraud There isn't a moral foundation worth exploring that would give the United States, UK or any other nation justification for utilizing subversive violence to overthrow a sovereign nation. No person or government that seeks power with have a clean slate, so positing that from the jump as justification for imperialism is a non-starter for meaningful conversation.

Mental-Impression619

IQE UK LSE (up 150% in last week). Uk semiconductor play, possible takeover imminent. Lots of IP, historically not the best managed company but imo penny stock with actual potential given current market.

Alternative-Step1651

Same in UK,same old BS,different day massive rise in defence spending,whilst people struggle to pay bills

NFLOrphanStomp

Don't act like the UK is not going down a bad path. You can simultaneously recognize they have policies and projects you support as well as recognize that their country is struggling in a lot of ways

embeddit

It's the UK. They don't have real food for chicken Tikka masala to be their national dish.

artbystorms

Damn the UK and their universal healthcare, walk-able cities, and strong worker protections! They'll never know the freedom we Americans have!

DaisyCakes127

It's already Thursday in both UK and Middle East...

Same_Recipe2729

That advertisement is banned in the UK.

Independent_Term5790

Nat gas is still up from 80 to 128 in the UK, and 30 to 50 in the eu. The bear hasn’t even started

Pristine_Hurry_4693

Just in the US, there are 60-70K new cases of Pancreatic Cancer per year, all in need of a solution. At a 100K price point (would be the cheapest option while also being the safest and most effective), that’s potentially 6B in annual revenue in the US alone, while the P/E could easily be 5-10X when actual revenue comes in. Add Japan where they just got approved, that’s another ~50K annual Pancreatic Cancer patients. Then add all other countries (and all other cancers, as it’s proven to be effective against all solid tumors and is already being practiced in the US, UK, Canada, Japan, Germany, Italy, France, Russia and more), and you get Billions in market cap for a company currently traded and half a Billion.

kairepaire

Tesla January sales in UK down 45% yoy

DrummerCompetitive20

UK NEW CAR SALES RISE, TESLA PLUMMETS, BYD SOARS • UK total new car sales in February: 83,377 units, up 3.6% YoY. • Tesla sales down 45.2% YoY to 2,208 EVs. • BYD sales up 40.9% YoY to 968 EVs. Tsla -45% 😂😂😂

CheapPersonality249

Like the UK?

Orange_Codex

New longs (5-10yrs) I'm entering this month: **Yellow Cake** (LSE: YCA): A triuranium octoxide treasury. Triuranium octoxide (yellowcake) is both the most stable storage form for nuclear fuel potential and the immediate precursor to fuel refinement. **Fjord Defence Group** (OSLO: DFENS): A Norwegian niche defence scaler with significant interests in ballistics protection and naval armour. Portfolio aligns with Norwegian-Denmark-UK defence review aims amid substantial spending increases, especially on the GIUK gap. Probably not as good as Kongsberg for likelihood of return but growth potential is exceptional. **Terrestrial Energy** (NASDAQ: ISMR): The only publicly-traded producer of molten salt reactors for long-term nuclear energy storage. Molten salt is also used for solar power storage, but private operators (including DuBois) seem to have the market locked down. I'm not too confident in this one in itself, but take a 'rising tide lifts all boats' approach to the MS / MSR sector overall.

sailortyx56

Container ship hit while transiting the Strait of Hormuz as per UK Maritime Operations. Calls.

StanTheManBaratheon

You're missing my point; you need viewers to get capital 'P' power out of media. Rupert Murdoch's influence isn't that he owns a bunch of media companies, it's that if you're a conservative minded person in the United States, the UK, or Australia, you're probably in his media ecosystem, whose narrative he can shape. To give you an anti-example: Jeff Bezos bought a prominent newspaper and he's tried shaping it's editorial around his own beliefs. That hasn't worked. It's bled money, it's bled influence, and Jeff Bezos is no more powerful today for owning the Washington Post than he was beforehand. The power is in the viewership, and Ellison's proving at CBS that Fox-Lite channels will push left-leaners out without attracting the diehard right-leaners who're comfortable elsewhere.

ShadowLiberal

I mean the age verification nonsense is making it super easy for any government to make a mass surveillance system that can document everything you've ever posted online, and put you on certain lists for your political views. Throw AI into that to tell the government who to go after based on the mass surveillance data and it gets even scarier. Something like this is literally already happening in the UK. Some people in the UK have reported getting the police to show up at their house for expressing anti-immigrant views on social media, and thanks to mandatory real ID on social media they knew exactly where to go to find those people.

LasyKuuga

One of my clients makes 200k each year in the UK as well How do I ask them can I have their babies 🤔?

Icy_Jelly_315

I did. Up 14% UK 11% Europe vs 5.7% if I had stayed in spy Feeling 🤗 thanks for asking

Direct-Protection-81

Really loving rolls Royce lately, it’s a very secure and sound company with UK backing and a large cash float, Constant service agreements and SMR rollout in 2030 and nuclear upgrades across Great Britain into 2035. It would be an easy place to watch 10k grow comfortably, any drawdowns would just be buying opportunity’s. Safer in an ETF, as much upside? No.

Majestic_Matt_459

Yes thanks. It changed in 1974 apparently. I’m still wearing flares and have a burnt -orange 3 piece suite :) Yes, a billion is now the same in the UK as the USA. Both countries use the "short scale," defining a billion as one thousand million (1,000,000,000). Although the UK traditionally used the "long scale" (one million million), it officially adopted the American, international definition in 1974.

JanesPleasure

It’s quite global… you see the Norwegian PM or the prince in the UK .. in bed with Israel.. it’s about money not just country. These sick fucks no know bounds. But I also agree with your sentiment about the US bias.

I_am_Nerman

Probably wondering where all the US & UK subs are at

UpoTofu

Looks like Portugal is allowing their bases to be used. Who is leading Spain’s govt? Is it a far left-winger who is aligned w/ Muslim extremists in a red-green alliance. We already know that Starmer and the Labor govt are too scared of their Muslim constituency and that the UK has so many Muslim extremists even the gulf states are concerned about it more than their own region.

orsomeshitidk

At least it ain’t beans of toast. UK mfs need re-education camps.

Logical_End6921

Kraken Robotics Inc. has agreed to acquire UK-based Covelya Group Limited for C$615 million, paying C$480 million in cash and C$135 million in Kraken shares. The deal adds Covelya’s underwater technology businesses, including Sonardyne International, EIVA, Forcys, Wavefront Systems, Voyis Imaging, and Chelsea Technologies. Kraken said it expects to finance the cash portion with a C$150 million term credit facility and a C$350 million bought-deal public offering of subscription receipts priced at C$8.50 each, with closing targeted for the second quarter of 2026.

wolfyan001

Gracias. De todas maneras ahora mismo hay 8 países europeos que le han dicho que no a Trump y UK ha cambiado de opinión y es uno de ellos. Mis respetos

powderedtoastman44

Indra have picked up some HUGE contracts in the transport space recently. Managed to knock Cubic out of TfL’s orbit in the UK, and similarly picked up big contracts in the US

a-sad-dev

I saw a guy comment on r/conspiracy about the UK joining wars so that Lloyds can provide insurance, is this a thing?

Majestic_Matt_459

Thank you it wa similar to that - dont they have different number as billion in the USA - I get so used to so many USA guys on Reddit i forget when im in a UK sub lol

Cold_Respond_7656

To hell with Spain UK next

Enough_Summer7073

This is my personal opinion, but I think for once we the spanish have a competent govt, at least in foreign affairs. When US, Israel and other EU countries say "peace" they don't actually mean it, but for whatever reason the spanish govt does. I also think Spain has been a small player in european politics in the last 100 years, which is why it hasnt been targeted for influece gain operations by Israel, and so it retains some independence as compared to other countries like UK or Germany which are honestly cucked by Israel at this point, pushing policies that almost no citizens support at the cost of huge PR loss, all just for Israel.

seanl1991

In the UK we already had protection for up to £85k per account and they still bailed out the banks. It wasn't the regular person they were protecting. It was big investment partners that were trading in CDOs and other derivatives. The derivatives market is huge and debt can get packaged into those type of investments. What Michael Burry discovered was as he put it "dog shit wrapped in cat shit" and that the entire central depository system is fraudulent. Look up Suzanne Trimbath's book "Naked, Short & Greedy"

Ok_Blacksmith1684

Top 10 Posts Today (no specific order) 1. Holding Tpet 1.76 fuck everything 2. RUBI is just playing w my feelings fr 3. I could puke 4. BURU is a bottomless money pit that makes even the best lose money. 5. Because it's a scam like every other pile of shit here.Yet, like many others it will probably moon for a bit and that's the sweet honey we crave. 6. Fr cannot choke these bags 7. God I fucking hate these 1pm (UK time) glitches, makes me both celebrate and shit myself at the same time with the glitches 8. TPET please the kids are hungry 9. At this point it has been fun but once I get back to where I started last year I’m done It’s bad for my head. 10. Hesitated with MOBX at .4 and its nearing 1, and i know as soon as i join in, its gonna plummet to the floor, is it worth entering now?

Tokugawa5555

u/AnselmoHatesFascists while you are right that the ability to reverse transactions would be "chaos", in many countries another mechanisms exists. In England (where I am), if you sell shares and then buy them back within 30 days, the tax authorities (HMRC - His Majesty's Revenues and Customs) treats it like the sale never happened. Here is a quick copy and paste of the UK approach: *Selling shares and buying them back immediately—often called "bed and breakfasting"—is generally treated by tax authorities (like HMRC in the UK) as if no sale occurred if done within 30 days. Specifically, in the UK, the "30-day rule" means the sale is matched against the same-day purchase or the next 30 days of purchases, rather than creating a taxable gain or loss, preventing tax avoidance.* 

lebronkahn

>here in the UK where £1 billion is £1,000,000,000 How is that different from any other place other than the currency sign?

Mimicking-hiccuping

I'm from UK. He's fucking everyone pretty hard, tbh. I used to like him for being different, but talk about an emotional, lose canon.

Quiet_Bath9565

Taco is kind of pissed at the UK

tequila_mockingbird0

UK being roasted

Beneficial-Sign-569

spain and UK !! 😂 el presidenti is lurking 👀

fire_alarmist

Why does this orange keep talking about some random UK island no one gives a fuck about and completely dodges the Epstein Island questions? L0L

moorhound

🥭: We're cutting off all trade with Italy, not happy with UK either PANTS BACK DOWN BOYS

Majestic_Matt_459

Also, "billions" has been bandied around more and more, so that it becomes meaningless When (here in the UK where £1 billion is £1,000,000,000) we get told that to refurb the houses of Parliament "estimates for a full restoration ranging from roughly £7 billion to over £39 billion you begin to wonder if each brick will be handmade in Silver It's deliberate im sure

jnas_19

UK and Aussie bonds up .2% wtf

noddington1234

God I fucking hate these 1pm (UK time) glitches, makes me both celebrate and shit myself at the same time with the glitches

One-Blacksmith-4654

Just read an update about UK, Germany and France joining in (probably the Dubai effect) ..... u r right in the sense that this may not last too long .... One market I know that's gonna be in trouble is the Dubai real estate one .... Bubble bursting time there .... Much harder to find hidden investment gems here at this pt though

Anonn39

Damn the entire world is dropping UK, EU, USA, Canada, Japan, Korea, Vietnam

Scottex99

Buy back the difference and bed and breakfast or is that only UK?

confettofetti

You're correct. He explains it's because the US economy drives the global economy. So if the S&P500 is negative you should be in bonds regardless of what ex-US is doing. This is almost always correct. E.g. if you're looking at macroeconomic recession indicators for EU countries it's actually more accurate to US macroeconomic data rather than from the EU country itself (I'm from the UK and it took a lot of convincing for me to come around to this!). It's obviously less likely to be correct for emerging markets. But he suggests not separating emerging markets as a separate fund because of it's volatility.

absolutemurphman

Might be thinking of the UK. In the US it’s a done deal when the sale is finalized. Money isn’t even liquid yet which is hilarious so I can’t move it until tomorrow.

Dependent-Panic-9457

I hate to say it but in the UK you would be fine (due to 30 day rule) - interesting point of difference. USA has the same rule as in UK but only applying to losses

strolls

I'm familiar with UK tax rules rather than the US, but surely it's not the end of the world because surely you've just reset your cost basis for the stock? If you buy $10,000 of the stock and it goes up to $30,000 and you sell then you're going to pay tax on $20,000 of gains. That's the same as buying at $10,000, selling at $20,000, paying tax on $10,000 of gains, rebuying for $20,000 and then holding to $30,000 to pay tax on another $10,000 of gains. Either way you've made a total of $20,000 of gains and you pay the same amount of capital gains tax. (In UK I think you can rebuy within 30 days, under the [section 104 holding rules](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/shares-and-capital-gains-tax-hs284-self-assessment-helpsheet/hs284-shares-and-capital-gains-tax-2021), but I'm not sure.)

Independent_Term5790

Nat Gas contracts in Europe are fucking insane. 40% on the UK March contract, EU up to 48 trading at 30 a week ago. Energy independence is a must if you want to not get cucked by foreign wars

Independent_Term5790

You’re looking at us futures probably Physically settled futures price differently in different markets. It was up to 48 Eur per Megawatt when it was 30 a week ago in Europe. UK contracts are up from 80 to 120 for march in the last two days. Looks like UK is up 40% on the day.

M4roon

Does that include Patriot and THAAD systems? Israel also deployed the iron beam laser system 2025/26, and fighter jets can shoot down missiles, of which America has near 300 and I believe Israel has at least 200. Not to mention the UK and Greece have hardware in the region now. I honestly think if we can math this out, there's a good chance the US and Israeli militaries have mathed this out too.

SpeedLongjumping6436

This is a UK poll, who gives 2 shits!

long_don0van

I’m not arguing our job market was better, just explaining that “100k salary” is closer to 50k take home after all the things I listed, and then you use that 50k to pay your high interest forever loans and it’s more like 40k. The small percentage of Americans making over “100k” are certainly being paid marginally more than their UK equivalents, no argument there, it’s just not as stark a contrast as it’s made out to be.

Technical_Shopping58

They are by far the strongest sporstbook in US, and have had a terrible year in terms of setbacks, with UK taxes jumping, a failed India aquisition due to late changes in legislation, prediction markets and 2 more brand aquisitions. They ended their year announcing their investment in prediction markets, so it's only a matter of time before they aswell enter the market and compete on that front aswell. With all that, they still presented positive numbers, and numbers look healthy, just bellow investors expectations. Tbf I put them in my biggest bet for this year, I see them hugely undervalued, and if there is a sporstbook I believe will end the year on top in terms of performance, it's them.

swoopsta_the_third

Thanks Americans. Now my UK gas bills about to double because you voted in an orange fuckwit. Like life wasn't hard enough already.

Orange_Codex

To summarise the energy situation: 1) Strait formally closed. Either US claims of destroying all Iranian naval vessels is a lie, or a Revolutionary Guard commander misspoke and Kuwait is losing sailors to no-one. 2) Escalation between Israel, Hezbollah, Lebanon, and the UK make an eastern transport route equally dangerous, so consider the Eastern Mediterranean also closed to tankers too (it's only a matter of time). 3) Houthis yet to attack Red Sea shipping but commercial shipping lines (including MSC and Maersk) are rerouting anyway, adding an immediate 30-40% to logistical costs and causing critical supply chain delays comparable to the Evergreen situation. 4) Global LNG production slashed by one-fifth and transport by one-third after Qatar comes under attack. No definite time period for reopening. 5) US continues to be *unfathomably, bone-crushingly stupid* by using its missiles to support a non-existent popular uprising - targeting police stations, border posts, and broadcasters - instead of reopening the Strait or defending Gulf assets. Hand on heart, this is the dumbest policy I have ever seen or heard of, and I'm a historian who studied civil wars and worked in international development. tl;dr: massive consumer price hikes inbound as the Strait remains closed for two weeks or more; foreclosures, delinquencies, and consumer credit crises likely; no clear alternative to Hormuz foreseeable; general re-assessment of US security exposure in the Gulf, likely to effect critical tenders and licenses; cash-strapped tanker companies are screwed (hence RBNE's dilution - it was smart to have that on-hand, so at least management's on the ball), and real-terms CPI inflation and agflation nearing 15%.

Burgerb

Well... a lot of US states are 2nd or 3rd level poor. Overall the EU has higher purchasing power across. Overall EU has better purchasing power, better food quality - and is culturally more advanced. The US has better aircraft carriers and bombs and missiles - not a bad thing to have right now. "Adjusted for the cost of living and local prices, providing a better sense of "real" output and internal volume. Because many services (healthcare, education, rent) are often cheaper in Europe, this metric significantly closes the gap. When adjusted for purchasing power, the combined EU and UK economy is actually **roughly 7-8% larger** than that of the U.S."