Andy
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@Spiceroi0086 @fesshole Happens to me every year. I usually give presents between $500-1000 on birthday. I get presents back below $50. I think this year she even made a profit (my family gave money to buy sunglasses for me). Life is tough.
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When my wife turned 50, she and I and our two kids went on a six-week European holiday - then when I turned 50 a few years later, she gave me a pen. She turns 60 next year and is making noises about another overseas trip, but I think I'll just use my pen to write her a card.
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@Champion_Stocks @GuyTalksFinance But you couldn’t have predicted some of them would grow that much back then?
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@GuyTalksFinance Zoom out.
The outperformance of best-in-class stocks like the Mag7 since inception of $SPY is profound.
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The S&P 500 is only down -5% in 2026. This is why you buy index funds instead of single stocks
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Performance in 2026: Nvidia: -5.8% Apple: -8.8% Alphabet: -3.9% Microsoft: -20.7% Amazon: -10.4% Meta: -10.1% Tesla: -16.8%
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@Ray12466763 @sentdefender Even more reason for those countries to not get involved
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Europe just got put on notice.
Iran’s failed shot at Diego Garcia (~4,000 km away) wasn’t a miss it was a very loud demonstration.
If they can reach a fortified US-UK base that far out in the Indian Ocean, then Berlin, Paris, Rome, and even parts of the UK are comfortably in range.
The “we don’t build long-range missiles” line from Tehran has officially expired. Wake-up call delivered.
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Graphic published by the Israel Defense Force of the assessed range now of Iran’s arsenal of ballistic missiles, following yesterday’s attempted attack against the joint US-UK military base at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean utilizing two intermediate-range ballistic missiles, with nearly all of Europe - including parts of the United Kingdom - now in range of missiles fired by Iran.
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@Globalcommentq @sentdefender Yes but why would they even attack us, we aren’t helping to attack them 🤦♂️
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@sentdefender Europe waking up? Tehran’s missiles now theoretically reach Paris, London, and most Western capitals.
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@TheSecretAcct This Tom investor woukd make you believe you’re not allowed to even eat because it could be invested instead 🤦♂️
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@freedombill3 Why I drive a Honda. Ultra reliable, not flashy and allows me to put money in other places of worth
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Walking past a David Lloyd car park on a Saturday afternoon looks like an absolute parade of pure wealth.
You see endless rows of brand new Porsche 911s and Range Rovers sitting outside the premium gym and spa.
It looks like the ultimate definition of success, but the reality behind the dashboard is completely different.
Let us look at the actual numbers keeping that illusion alive.
To put a brand new Porsche 911 por Range Rover on your driveway, you are easily handing over £1,200 - £1,500 every single month on a PCP finance deal.
Then you are paying another two hundred quid a month just for the premium gym membership so you have somewhere flash to park it.
That is nearly £1,700 pounds leaving the current account every single month, to rent an aesthetic.
Over a single year, that is a full £20,000 Stocks and Shares ISA allowance completely wiped out.
They are literally going broke just to look rich to people they do not even know.
If the monthly salary stops, the car gets repossessed and the membership gets cancelled almost instantly.
Real wealth is not driving a rented supercar to a premium treadmill.
Real wealth is driving a standard car that you own outright, while your cash buys slices of the S&P 500 $VUSA or Vanguard Global $VWRL in the background.
Are you funding a car dealership's profit margin?
Or are you building freedom?
Please don't rent the illusion.
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Binary choice: Own a £300k house with a mortgage or own £300k of dividend stocks in an ISA? One costs you £1,200/month. One pays you £1,000/month. Both can appreciate. Only one is liquid.
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I take great pleasure in the fact that my portfolio cannot go down for the next two days…
Seriously though, it’s been a rough couple of weeks but remember how many times the world has recovered from situations like this.
1973 - Oil Crisis
1987 - Black Monday
1990 - Crash
1997 - Asian Financial Crisis
2000 - Dot-com bubble
2008 - Great Financial Crisis
2020 - COVID Crash
2022 - Interest rates & war in Ukraine
2025 - Tariff Crash
and now 2026 Middle East Conflict.
Strong companies with good fundamentals will more often than not, recover well. We are in a risk-off environment now and markets could continue to fall without a change in the ME but this shouldn’t change long term plans.
I am comfortable with my holdings even if a market crash drops my portfolio 30-40% from here, I expect them to recover when market conditions reverse back to risk ON.
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@Microinteracti1 @LindseyGrahamSC I still don’t remember seeing America in the Falklands war
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Spain didn’t start this war. Congress didn’t authorize this war. NATO wasn’t consulted about this war. The allies weren’t asked about this war.
And now a country that launched a unilateral, unconstitutional war of choice without telling anyone is threatening to punish partners for not joining in.
Spain’s position is not an insult to the alliance. It IS the alliance. NATO is a defensive pact, not a standing obligation to participate in whatever military adventure Washington wakes up with on a Tuesday morning.
The logic here is extraordinary. Berate your allies for years. Impose tariffs on them. Threaten to annex part of Denmark. Humiliate their leaders. Dismiss them as museums of cheese and cathedrals. Launch a war nobody asked for with no plan and no endgame. Then declare that anyone who declines to show up is a traitor who deserves to lose their US base.
Sixteen percent of Europeans now consider America an ally. Moves like this are doing the other 84% a favour.
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Mr. President, one of the things I like about you most is that, now, our allies take America for granted at their own peril.
As to my suggestion, I meant it then and I’ll repeat it now: We should consider removing U.S. bases from countries who won’t let us fly from them as we confront the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism who has been hellbent on developing a nuclear weapon and was extremely close to achieving that goal.
Spain’s refusal to allow American aircraft stationed in Spain to fly in support of Operation Epic Fury is an insult and an outrage to the alliance. Mr. President, I think America’s interests would be well-served to move those aircraft from Spain to a country that we can actually rely on in a time of great need. I trust your judgment.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Open Source Intel@Osint613
Reporter: Lindsey Graham has asked for you to reconsider the American basis in Spain, in Germany, after what they have done in the Strait of Hormuz. What do you think? U.S. President Donald Trump: "Well, it deserves. He's right about asking that. And I think NATO's gone down a long way because they haven't, I mean, they should be helping with the strait. They get much of their energy from the Strait of Hormuz. And if Lindsey Graham said that, and don't forget, he was the big NATO guy for a while, and now he's not. And a lot of senators and congressmen, they were very upset with the fact that NATO has done nothing."
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@Dc30235323 @ArmchairAdml @VADave649 I know, it’s why China is expanding in to Africa and South America
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@ArmchairAdml @VADave649 This seems to be the biggest talking point when anyone that looks at a map and realizes that without these countries in Europe and the Asian pacific alliances the US would absolutely be a regional power like Russia or China. Our allies make us a global power.
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Goes to show that the U.S. politicians actually have no idea how much they rely on their allies.
They could perhaps do without Spain, but Germany or Britain? They literally would be unable to conduct this operation without the cooperation of Germany and Britain.
Other NATO countries the U.S. are relying on to support combat operations are Portugal, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania.
They rely on France, the Netherlands and Italy for overflight rights.
Also Canada, again for overflight and fuel stops for C-17s.
So, Senator, you should be careful about what you wish for. One day all these countries you rely on to wave your aircraft through may tell you to get stuffed.
Lindsey Graham@LindseyGrahamSC
Mr. President, one of the things I like about you most is that, now, our allies take America for granted at their own peril. As to my suggestion, I meant it then and I’ll repeat it now: We should consider removing U.S. bases from countries who won’t let us fly from them as we confront the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism who has been hellbent on developing a nuclear weapon and was extremely close to achieving that goal. Spain’s refusal to allow American aircraft stationed in Spain to fly in support of Operation Epic Fury is an insult and an outrage to the alliance. Mr. President, I think America’s interests would be well-served to move those aircraft from Spain to a country that we can actually rely on in a time of great need. I trust your judgment. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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@Steven_Swinford Targeted approach to help the poorest, same old Labour no help for the working people 🤦♂️
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Exclusive:
Keir Starmer will next week convene an emergency meeting of senior cabinet ministers and the governor of the Bank of England to discuss plans to help households with the soaring cost of living caused by the war in Iran
As the conflict enters its fourth week, Starmer and Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, are weighing up a series of measures to help families facing an inflation shock, including a potential multibillion-pound energy bill bailout.
Reeves favours a “targeted” approach that will focus on the poorest households amid concerns that a “universal” scheme will be too costly, although all options remain under consideration.
The Tories opted for a universal bailout for every household in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine which cost more than £40billion.
The chancellor is concerned that taxpayers are still paying off the cost of the huge subsidy, which benefited all households including the richest. “It’s a matter of fairness,” a source close to Reeves said.
The average annual household energy bill will rise by £332 in July, according to the latest forecast from Cornwall Insight. Further rises in the price of petrol and diesel are “all but inevitable” next week, the RAC said, adding that a tank of diesel for an average family car could reach £100 by Easter
The cost of government borrowing surged to the highest level since 2008, reflecting the concerns of investors that Britain is facing an inflation shock.
Traders are now betting on as many as three interest rate rises this year and more than 500 mortgage deals have been pulled by banks this week. The average five-year fixed rate mortgage has risen from 4.95 per cent at the start of the month to 5.39 per cent, the highest level since July 2024
thetimes.com/article/ff2cee…
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@BadCat_1985 Although I cannot stand Labour, this particular drawdown is based on wider geopolitical issues.
The FTSE250 is more of a reflection on the governance of the UK imo.
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@Andymb28 Rubbish. I expect the people who have spent five years of slagging him are still doing so. I've always felt he was brilliant
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England squad live reaction here. Lots to be enthusiastic about, but Trent Alexander-Arnold's absence is wild.
35-man squad, multiple options selected in every other position, Walker retired, Trippier retired, James injured... and no Alexander-Arnold?
nytimes.com/athletic/live-…
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@mattladson It’s the usual bias against Liverpool players from media and pundits 🤦♂️
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Why is the guest here surprised that Rooney picks Steven Gerrard as the most complete midfielder ever to play in the Premier League?
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Who was/is the most complete midfielder in the Premier League?
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@tweet_ad_rem @OliverKay On his day, but I’ve not seen thy version of him for a while
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@Andymb28 @OliverKay Surely Reece James is well ahead of both of them.
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@dg14sII @DougieCritchley You must be joking. If Reece James played for Liverpool, the media wouldn’t think so highly of him 🤦♂️
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@Andymb28 @DougieCritchley I'm not sure that's it. Liverpool have a very strong presence in the media, certainly more so than any London club
I'm not Liverpool fan either, but to underrate or ignore his talent is simply criminal
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If you're missing out on an expanded 35 man England squad... you know you're really out of the picture.
Trent Alexander-Arnold and Ollie Watkins are in that category and the Danny Welbeck dream appears over.
Delighted for James Garner, think he's been immense.
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@terryflewers It was anyone but Liverpool all those years. When rival fans would watch our games hoping we’d lose 🤦♂️
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The gaslighting is beyond incredible…..it’s never been “anyone but City”………
Plus part of the reason Arsenal get so much stick is because people like you Carragher have overly attacked their manager, celebrations, style, and football while consistently writing them off over the past 4 season……😂
Telegraph Football@TeleFootball
For many fans, 'anyone but Manchester City' has become 'anyone but Arsenal' this season. As the two clubs prepare to meet in this weekend's Carabao Cup final, @Carra23 explains why Mikel Arteta's side have their detractors 👇 telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…
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