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KittyLover-7

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

River_Sandhu

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

heeywewantsomenewday

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

pingoo26

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

itsokbronoproblem

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

Samjabr

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

gamerz0111

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

Joepool11

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

ShittyUsernane1222

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

ClassicNote1720

literally never heard of it in the UK

Prestigious_Rod6969

Wendys in UK did not have nuggies

Zipski577

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

iamrlywhite

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

Aranthos-Faroth

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

AloneStaff5051

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

nasduia

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

ShittyUsernane1222

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

Exotic_Attorney2524

Once Count Binface enters the UK parliament, markets will soar

her_majestys_dildo

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

kwijibokwijibo

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

Pitiful-Tomatillo458

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

repstah

Wendys returned to the UK couple years back

Slight-Blackberry813

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

Antique-Special8025

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

Bill_Clintons_Desk5

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

hayleybts

Especially UK poors all they do fcking selling?

FeverTreeCloud

Are you in UK or France, bruh?

LivelyPants

They're also facing opposition in the UK

somecleverphrase

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

All_FIREdUp

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

Goonslopenjoyer321

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

vibranttortoise

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

LadderAdmirable

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

Emergency-Half-3122

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

diefy7321

The UK breaking up would be so peak lmfaoooo

Sean_VasDeferens

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

According-Praline-47

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

lrbaumard

No I pay zero taxes ever. UK ISA

Ill_Mastodon8324

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

friiz1337

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

Total_Schedule591

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

Samjabr

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

rbraalih

Trail hunting (UK, fox hunting abolished)

JBWalker1

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

Reply_Stunning

it seems france, italy and UK all claim to be the inventor of creme brulee lmao

Cabbage854

It’s 4:45am in the UK right now and I am loving the fact we smashed Mexico at the Azteca

ahor18

Out of genuine curiosity, what living standards are higher in the UK? I have never been there but would love to visit. The weather has to be better there than MS this time of year at the very least.

BarbellPadawan

I love the UK but that’s objectively false

TheRealJohnOptions

Dawg the UK military (if it still exists) may need to actually extract the team from Mexico City 

OK_Computer10101

Don’t tell him the UK also includes part of Ireland, you’ll blow his mind

PalantirImperator

> Or do you need an experienced lawyer to check and fix the results? It still needs an experienced lawyer to check and fix the results. But that's normal. The normal process in law is that junior associates will conduct diligence and do the first draft of documents. The draft usually sucks and is a complete sunk cost, but the point is to train the junior associate for the first few years. It will be reviewed by a senior associate who somewhat knows what they're doing, and they will go to the partner with any questions about particulars. The thing is, at my level a junior associate still bills at about $1000/hr for things that are essentially a waste of time/client money. But it's just a standard part of the training process. LLMs have essentially replaced the junior associate level of drudge work, which essentially reduces the cost of a matter by half. It can also take work that might require 24-36 hours for an associate and do it in a few minutes. It doesn't have to replace the profession entirely to completely revolutionize it. And of course, AI is currently as dumb and ineffective as it will ever be going forward. >If the pricing for token usage increased to break-even, which could be 10x the current cost, would it still be worth it? Probably yes even at 10x. Obviously not as lucrative as it is today, where it is allowing partners at AI-native firms to bill upwards of $5000/hr and still come in way cheaper than Big Law, but still worthwhile. >And an additional question: do you push case information to the various cloud providers? Because using AI generated documents waive confidentiality and privilege, in at least the US and UK. Not on the enterprise tier AI subscriptions which do not train models on your data and especially not on the legal-specific ones like Harvey, CoCounsel, etc. which were built from the ground up to maintain privilege.

Sharp_Function2950

UK health care is no joke. You get cancer, and by the time you get your first chemo drugs, it’s 18 months down the road.

FeverTreeCloud

Mexico 🇲🇽vs England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 game delayed again. Now 9pm ET or 2AM UK 🇬🇧 time 💀

-mini-kuma

EU+UK poors have done our part and increased HY9H SK Hynix 14% on Friday on our exchanges; over to you Korea and USA - don't disappoint us!

Azaz_el41

Yes, in hindsight all that you mentioned resulted to failure. Do you know what options did they have at that moment? If the UK opted to still be in EU, would they have a different set of problems by now? It is not blind faith. It is knowing that whichever path this governments chose, there will still be another problem.

Redpanther14

It was a bubble in many countries during the late 1800s. The bubble burst in the early-mid 1900s and many railroads shuttered in the following decades, but railroads still provided incredible value to the economy and society. Similar in some ways to the tech bubble in the late 1990s. And it was not solely an American phenomenon, it happened in other countries like the UK, France, and Germany. Furthermore, the US still has lots of railroads in active use, but they tend to be predominately for freight usage and form the backbone of the American continental freight transit system. And that freight system carries a greater portion of cargo ton-miles than most European countries, which rely more heavily on trucks.

kaapooj

>EasyJet Plc agreed in principle to a takeover offer of more than £5 billion from Castlelake LP, which swooped in as the UK budget carrier was reeling from soaring jet fuel prices and suppressed demand after the Iran war. >Castlelake’s offer of £6.90 per share in cash gives the airline an equity value of £5.2 billion ($6.9 billion). https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-05/easyjet-agrees-to-castlelake-s-5-2-billion-takeover-offer

essexboy1976

OP is in the UK. It's Pound Cost Averaging.

lucifer_alucard

Large shareholders can influence company's operations. And control of tablets and shipping lanes is important during war. Israel's concerns in this matter aren't unfounded. You think the US would be okay with China taking large stakes in companies critical to US national security? Israel might not outright say they'll block the merger. They could demand concessions deemed unreasonable. Getty and Shutterstock's deal fell apart because of demands the UK govt made. It happens. And if the deal is materially altered, there is a huge risk of the price dropping The Sakal group bid is sus. ZIM publicly announced the bidding process. If they wanted to, they could have participated from the start. So, why did they wait until the bidding process was complete? You also have to question if they have the necessary financing to pull this off. There seems to be a lot of doubt about it. In m&a, fake bids are not unheard of. Grindr founders just pulled that shit without solid financing to save themselves from getting margin called.

Melodic-Salad-

Mississippi has higher gdp per capita but that doesn’t really mean much. There’s only a couple million people living there. UK living standards are much higher by almost every measure. They just have low wages.

Guy_PCS

The UK, EU, and India are using aggressive infrastructure incentives, energy promises, and financial tax breaks to convince US tech giants to build data centers inside their borders.

_bones__

Is the work better than it humans were doing it? Or do you need an experienced lawyer to check and fix the results? If the pricing for token usage increased to break-even, which could be 10x the current cost, would it still be worth it? And an additional question: do you push case information to the various cloud providers? Because using AI generated documents waive confidentiality and privilege, in at least the US and UK.

Informal-Lime6396

Take a little bit of compensated risk with sector ETFs. Semiconductors are hotter than ever, SOXX or SMH would be a good position to have, or whatever the UK available equivalent is.

piszczel

I've spent hours looking at this stuff. I thought you may actually know a supplier. A lot of those are not real, are not actually in stock, have multiple weeks/months of delivery time etc. you can't get an AC unit in the UK

piszczel

Tell me where in the UK because it's impossible to buy anywhere, I've looked

Icy_Jelly_315

Plenty available in UK, apparently sold out in France If you in the EU there's free movement of goods so it might work to order from say Sweden on say Amazon.se for delivery to France or wherever

Straight-Buy-7434

Living in the north of the UK is an example. I will be retiring at 50 with $530k as I will have no mortgage and would live a decent life with $2k a month to spend

legbreaker

The main reason there is not a revolution in the US is that overall it’s still killing it so (although the standards are dropping fast). Mississippi is the poorest state in the US and it still has a significantly higher take home pay than the UK.

BarbellPadawan

I love the UK, but I’m going to be rooting for México tomorrow.

michal939

This chart is some bs, Netherlands are at the same level as France right now? US surpassing UK before WW1?

mondeomantotherescue

In the UK there is a sim which goes in your second slot and then moment you lose signal it switches to it. Do you not have that in the USA? Or is it a lack of towers thing as there's so much space?

Icy_Jelly_315

In the UK when hippie chicks opt for home birth they deliver you a tank of nitrous oxide a week ahead of time. It turned out that in 90% of cases the father had done all the NO recreationally by the time it was needed so now there's a proprietary mouthpiece the midwife brings LMAO🤌

Zuko2001

I’m so confused, she said she wanted to be friends and see where it goes after I take her on a date saying I was going too fast. So I slow it down but also took it as a soft rejection. Now after a few weeks of me going silent she reaches out enthusiastically and when we’re doing group stuff asked her friend to take a picture of the two of us. Wanted me to sit next to her on a park bench, etc. I can’t read this girl. She’s super lukewarm over text. I’m always initiating and planning except for that one time. We’re going on dinner again this Monday. Should I ask her to plan the next date or tell her to text me when she wants to do an activity, etc? That way the balls in her court and I’ll know whether she genuinely wants to keep this going or not? The problem is I come back to the states in September for a year before trying for a PhD again and she’ll be staying for a PhD in the UK so not sure what to do. I really like her but how do I do this. She’s naturally introverted and not experienced btw but neither am I

confused_teabagger

Fuk the market! I need to know dets about Taylor Swift's wedding and how she will lose her virginity on her wedding night! It is like when the royals get married in the UK!

essexboy1976

*Pound Cost Averaging. OP is in the UK.

himynameis_

Listen, since you're in the UK. I'd recommend getting an ISA and maxing that out every year so that your gains are tax free. I believe it is £20,000 per year which is great. For the rest of it, I recommend the "VT and chill" strategy. As in, find an ETF in the UK that tracks the S&P500 index *at a very low cost* and leave it there. In Canada I have an ETF that has an Management Expense Ratio (MER) of 0.09%. So look for something in that range and lower. DM me if you want to talk more about this. Don't listen to people saying to buy individual stocks or sectors or whatever. They're setting you up for failure. You have a great starting capital to work with to help you retire early.

CalRippedken

Why is it "cancelled" in the UK and "canceled" in the US? Because we gave them that L in 1776 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Icy-Dimension2914

Oh hey it's freedom day already here (in the UK)

Swords_Not_Words_

Heres some DD from a guy in NJ who has bern to their original location and watched them grow over the years. They are a lot worse since getting boughrt out and going nationwide...but even at their best they were just kind of ok. In NJ, you can throw a rock and itll pass ten delus better than Jersey Mikes. The supermarkets here make better sandwhiches. But you probably dont live in a magical food wonderland like New Jersey. You might live in Ohio or Missouri or some shit and Jersey Mikes is probably better than anything you got. And they plan to expand to UK? Certainly vrtter than anything in England, you mfs eat beans on toast. At the end of the day these mediocre processed sandwhich chains usually expand rapidly and then vanish off the face of the earth. They say Subway is still around but I havent seen one in ages. Quiznos got ran into the ground. Im sure many others. I personally think JM isnt that good and their portions suck and they are stupid expensive for fast food. I can go to my local deli or market in NJ and theyll pile 5 piunds of good quality cold cuts on a sub and itll be 1000s times better but still cheaper than Mikes.

tfwInForChop

The worse the UK gets the prouder I am to be an American. It's like selling your bags and moving onto a different stock that does way better, then looking back at that old stock 250 years later, laughing, and feeling the awesome wave of relief and gratitude you got off that path. Happy 4th y'all. A lot of good men laid down their lives so we didn't have to be british.

gbdgdh

8% is a santander-UK thing, i think? in the usa, it's currently 3.8% - very good as well. $500 minimum deposit.

her_majestys_dildo

The UK PM did an AMA on Reddit yesterday. Bullish?

redmongrel

I assume the UK’s extremely wealthy are looking at the US model and realize that with just a small investment in misinformation (a road already paved by Brexit) they can easily grow the population of dumbasses so much that they’ll gladly give away their social entitlements to make the rich, richer. All while being 100% positive they’re making their own lives better.

Blackhawk149

Have some respect if there was no July 4 holiday you think there would be a America? Nah homie we would be like UK

MNCPA

Maybe in the UK. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Deep_Calls_007

“UK is experiencing massive surge in theft”. Is it not decreasing on an avg if we consider last 500 yrs?

FinePerformance1046

I only trade shares because I’m from the UK and our tax free accounts don’t allow options trading. I do trade penny stocks a bit which basically move in the same way as options in terms of volatility. I’m up 15% since May 13th when I first deposited on Robinhood.

No-Calligrapher250

This is where the UK is heading, dont you worry about that

littlecomet111

Because the UK Government just announced they will spend a fuck ton of money on drones.

Kavi_D

In the UK depending on age you get access to private pension at 55 or 57 but state pension is at 67.

Kavi_D

Thank you for your comment. Sadly in the UK there are no funds that yield anywhere close to 13% that I own of. At best may be 5-6%.

Deep_Calls_007

Going to dictatorship shithole >!UK!< for the weekend just to laugh at those poors

Various_Couple_764

consider putting your 300K into dividend funds. Not I live in the US so I may not know everything about UK ISA account. In the US I can invest in QQQI 13% yield 300K in this acount can generate 39K a year which you can either reinvest or spend. At 500k invested it would generate 69K year. having this much stable income from your investments could carry you and your family through periods of unemployment. Now QQQI is a US fund. For tax reasons you may want to look for a similar domestic fund. to avoid foreign taxes. Note dividends are cash profit sharing payments directly into your account. You don't sell shares of stock to get this income.

No-Mission-4784

Didn’t know that… wow. In UK it seems to be just Coca-Cola that bottles it. I never even knew PepsiCo had some sort of arrangement with them too.

No-Mission-4784

That’s interesting. Here in the UK it’s got something something Coca-Cola Company all over it. I don’t have a bottle on me at the moment but it always made me think it was owned by Coca-Cola.

Keeltoodeep

Good luck in your journey. It's a marathon not a sprint. Also idk about holding European companies. The GDP growth trajectory looks terrible over there. Are you investing in FTSE because you are more bullish on UK relative to USA?

on_hype

That $57 DCF number from GuruFocus is auto-generated and notoriously aggressive on terminal growth assumptions. I'd be careful anchoring to it. The spin-off logic is sound though. Conglomerates with divergent growth profiles almost always trade at a discount, and separating media from connectivity should unlock some value. Real question is what the debt allocation looks like between the two entities. Broadband losses slowing is genuinely good data. But fiber overbuild is secular, not cyclical, so I'd want to see stabilization not just a better-than-feared quarter. Theme parks in Saudi and UK are 5+ year capital commitments with uncertain returns. That's not a near-term catalyst, that's capex risk. Position disclosed, which I appreciate. At 10% portfolio I'd want a clearer margin of safety than a generic screener DCF.

VerdantPathfinder

If your mortgage rate is low, you're better off investing in FTSE. That said, there's some solace in paying off the mortgage and you need to live in a way that makes you happy. If paying off the morgage makes you happy, go for it. As a bonus you're not paying interest anymore. You've gotten the compounding and can invest your mortgage payment going forward. No matter what you do, that compounding happened. You're good. And if you need money for something in the future, you can take out a home equity loan (whatever the UK version is) to get that money back out. That's puts you back into a mortgage payment, but you have the cash you needed.

AfternoonEquivalent4

And the UK and Russia

mondeomantotherescue

Well hopefully it is spaces time to shine again soon. Got into asts at 8 USD. Sadly I sold 40 at 40 USD thinking myself a stock picking genius. I think they have great potential. I drove across the US a lot for work when I was a TV producers and I was always amazed how bad the cell reception was in rural areas. The UK is so small it's not such an issue