Investments, stocks, shares

[Bellend Sebastian]

My mum blamed me for the market turbulence as I'd voted Labour which was a take I hadn't mentally prepared myself for

[Raj]

24 minutes ago, Bellend Sebastian said:

My mum blamed me for the market turbulence as I'd voted Labour which was a take I hadn't mentally prepared myself for

If i was your mum, I would be blaming you too!!!

Edited 7 April by Raj

[leicsmac]

1 hour ago, Bellend Sebastian said:

My mum blamed me for the market turbulence as I'd voted Labour which was a take I hadn't mentally prepared myself for

That's a Trump level set of mental gymnastics tbf.

[Hitesh]

6 hours ago, izzymuzzet said:

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

Taken straight out the King Power book on how to run a football club 

[Bellend Sebastian]

2 hours ago, leicsmac said:

That's a Trump level set of mental gymnastics tbf.

It's a golden age of just believing any old shite.

 

No Bellend, I don't care much for curiosity or even knowing things, anything really. I still like to get a bit cross though and getting theatrically irate at the very mention of insert name of largely unremarkable politician/organisation/institution/idea/concept/accepted scientific fact is pretty much my main reason to live now, keeps me going it does. And yes, I don't know when this began or why because as already noted I have effectively no sense of curiosity

[grobyfox1990]

Middle aged people in the office still moaning and whining about how much their pensions have gone down. I have politely noted to them the following helpful tips:

 

- Continue to work hard

- Stop buying avocado on toast on weekends

- Live within their means

- Get rid of Netflix

- Bring a packed lunch

- Find a pair of bootstraps and pull them up

 

I am sure if these pointers are followed these people will have a prosperous retirement. 

[Bellend Sebastian]

40 minutes ago, grobyfox1990 said:

Middle aged people in the office still moaning and whining about how much their pensions have gone down. I have politely noted to them the following helpful tips:

 

- Continue to work hard

- Stop buying avocado on toast on weekends

- Live within their means

- Get rid of Netflix

- Bring a packed lunch

- Find a pair of bootstraps and pull them up

 

I am sure if these pointers are followed these people will have a prosperous retirement. 

Who do they blame, out of interest, if anybody? 

 

Other than me, of course

[CheeseHead]

50 minutes ago, Bellend Sebastian said:

Who do they blame, out of interest, if anybody? 

 

Other than me, of course

They're blaming the bellend in the oval office of course

[Lako42]

16 hours ago, grobyfox1990 said:

Middle aged people in the office still moaning and whining about how much their pensions have gone down. I have politely noted to them the following helpful tips:

 

- Continue to work hard

- Stop buying avocado on toast on weekends

- Live within their means

- Get rid of Netflix

- Bring a packed lunch

- Find a pair of bootstraps and pull them up

 

I am sure if these pointers are followed these people will have a prosperous retirement. 

All good advice, however, the netflix thing really is a red herring. 

 

Netflix can save people money through relatively cheap entertainment that prevents more expensive sources of entertainment being sourced. 

 

Avo on toast is ****ing disgusting so with you on that

[The Bear]

Avocado is disgusting full stop. 

[grobyfox1990]

17 hours ago, Bellend Sebastian said:

Who do they blame, out of interest, if anybody? 

 

Other than me, of course

Who do they blame for the fall? Who knows, anyone I imagine. Like many people of their generation, they are investment geniuses when the markets and property values are serenely going up and obviously fully deserve their unjustifiably comfortable lifestyles, but it is some bogeyman's fault when values go down.

[Grebfromgrebland]

5 minutes ago, grobyfox1990 said:

Who do they blame for the fall? Who knows, anyone I imagine. Like many people of their generation, they are investment geniuses when the markets and property values are serenely going up and obviously fully deserve their unjustifiably comfortable lifestyles, but it is some bogeyman's fault when values go down.

Man you're so bitter

[Stadt]

On 15/03/2025 at 16:26, Stadt said:

Finally set up a trading 212 account. Put what I stupidly had sat idling in a current into ETFs.

Timing 

[Spiritwalker]

Trump pauses tariffs, Nasdaq up 9%, crazy times.

Just a thought, if you knew in advance what Trump was 

going to announce each day you could be making some 

serious money.

[Dreadnought]

14 minutes ago, Spiritwalker said:

Trump pauses tariffs, Nasdaq up 9%, crazy times.

Just a thought, if you knew in advance what Trump was 

going to announce each day you could be making some 

serious money.

I’m sure plenty do and are making an absolute fortune. Market manipulation from the leader of the free world right in our faces!!

[The Bear]

48 minutes ago, Spiritwalker said:

Trump pauses tariffs, Nasdaq up 9%, crazy times.

Just a thought, if you knew in advance what Trump was 

going to announce each day you could be making some 

serious money.

Of course they are. And Trump is in on it for sure. He should be in handcuffs for what he's doing. 

[Paninistickers]

37 minutes ago, Dreadnought said:

I’m sure plenty do and are making an absolute fortune. Market manipulation from the leader of the free world right in our faces!!

 

3 minutes ago, The Bear said:

Of course they are. And Trump is in on it for sure. He should be in handcuffs for what he's doing. 

I'm not so sure. I think when you reach a certain level, money is largely irrelevant. It's about power. Trump wants adulation and controversy and legacy. Not an extra zero on his bank balance

 

Same goes for Putin. The fact he's a billionaire isn't his buzz. He needs more than money. 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Trump literally tweets "it's a great time to buy" and 4 hours later lifts the tariffs.

 

You've got to respect the audacity sometimes.

[grobyfox1990]

1 hour ago, Spiritwalker said:

Trump pauses tariffs, Nasdaq up 9%, crazy times.

Just a thought, if you knew in advance what Trump was 

going to announce each day you could be making some 

serious money.

As I said a few posts ago, black edge runs the markets. There’s absolutely no doubt many would’ve front run this. I reckon these days to be a vaguely competent PM you need a link into the White House. 

[st albans fox]

On 08/04/2025 at 14:48, grobyfox1990 said:

Middle aged people in the office still moaning and whining about how much their pensions have gone down. I have politely noted to them the following helpful tips:

 

- Continue to work hard

- Stop buying avocado on toast on weekends

- Live within their means

- Get rid of Netflix

- Bring a packed lunch

- Find a pair of bootstraps and pull them up

 

I am sure if these pointers are followed these people will have a prosperous retirement. 

Why is anyone  not intending taking their pension within the next year or so interested in what their pension is doing.  It’s a bit like worrying about the value of your house. Unless you’re thinking about moving or have an 80%+ LTV mortgage it’s sort of not relevant. 

[Jattdogg]

2 hours ago, Dreadnought said:

I’m sure plenty do and are making an absolute fortune. Market manipulation from the leader of the free world right in our faces!!

 

1 hour ago, The Bear said:

Of course they are. And Trump is in on it for sure. He should be in handcuffs for what he's doing. 

 

57 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Trump literally tweets "it's a great time to buy" and 4 hours later lifts the tariffs.

 

You've got to respect the audacity sometimes.

****in criminal. Disgraceful. 

 

The worst part  is that republicans will suck his choda on this and say great strategy your majesty Trump.  What a bunch of inbred tossers.

 

[The Bear]

1 hour ago, Paninistickers said:

 

I'm not so sure. I think when you reach a certain level, money is largely irrelevant. It's about power. Trump wants adulation and controversy and legacy. Not an extra zero on his bank balance

I don't mean Trump is in it to make money. He's in it gain favour with those people who can influence things the way he wants. 

[CheeseHead]

Regardless of how it may have been engineered, not sure I've ever seen the Nasdaq jump 12% in one day!

[WigstonWanderer]

Dump and Pump by Trump

[leicsmac]

Is anyone really surprised at the blatant market manipulation?

 

As others have said, it's not about the money, it's about the power and getting off on it.