What is going on today? - Megathread

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Well they fucked up then when they looked into me and I was told at the time it wasn’t included it was in the news too unless they have reintroduced it back.

I was raging though they came after compensation for a serious car crash that nearly killed me my mum my auntie and uncle, my dog had to be put down because of it and I told my girlfriend at the time not to come to go to college had she came she might of died being in he middle. They came for me exactly on the date they were allowed to and went into my back without me knowing.

I never touched that money, I kept it for the future for if my injuries caused me problems an they did.

It was a head on crash cause by a young guy on drugs driving on the wrong side of the road.

But yeah I hope I don’t need them ever again they can’t help the majoirty of us I here anyway because we save.

Thanks for the link I’ll take a look just for the info.

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Yes I was thinking about you when I seen trumps new renewed tariffs on China.

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We’ve moved into this WORLD now, where the live Mainstream Media’s news is already out of date moments after it’s reported whilst the AI Trading movements are spectacularly immediate.

Unless you are using AI as fundamental analysis you do not even have time to search for an ETF before the markets already done its major movements.

Can you imagine 5 years from now???

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Hmmm? I seen help to save on your page but no htb or Lisa. Maybe I missed it but Google is still saying their not included.

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I have gemini advanced currently the in depth reporting tool is amazing I tried it on a stock and it checks like 48 websites or more then takes info from them all and averages it out.

Much like how I buy electronics etc I open 10 pages read the bad and good then average it out quickly to see if I want the product.

I have never used ant of those leveraged tools with real cash before.

Pretty scary if it goes north though or have you got stop loses to bail if it does?

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5347

Look under the section for individual savings account.

This is a good example why you should not solely rely on AI.

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Yes I wasn’t 100 percent yet I just thought I would take a few screen shots I’ll check more but obviously if it’s on the gov website then I guess they changed it back again.

Thanks buddy

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Look see I changed job center to universal credits and it changed its answer to no now lol

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You can’t rely on AI for stuff like that because it just regurgitates text that’s in it’s training data with no checks on whether it’s correct or out of date. If they change the rules the old rules will still be in there

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5352

With the amount of price movement in the market this week, it is safe to say nothing is getting priced in because of the daily changes in uncertainty.

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High volatility times like these unfortunately encourage trading :disappointed_face:, atleast they do with me.

Personal experience is:

See large price drops = buy.
See large price gains = sell (what you just bought).

Sounds great in theory but it’s bloody tiring, in out in out, nervous wreck :rofl:.

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Good evening :last_quarter_moon_face::full_moon_face::first_quarter_moon_face: -

As usual, we selected the best articles published in the past few days :backhand_index_pointing_down::

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Have a great week-end!

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5355

Navigating this month fairly well.

Holding 5X and 3X long S&P 500 positions into the weekend.

Just to hedge as I’m still dripping into my core holding especially during large down months/weeks like most people.

Took a bit of experience to hold long positions over the weekend during volatile periods and the market is typically forward thinking and long term positive.

Trying to place £100,000 in and that’s the hard part, once it’s in it’s fine it’s just tough buying in during cliff falls.

Anybody know one or a combination of two dividend growth funds covering developed world at a low cost?

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Damm I can’t wait until I get my first 100k it’s my goal of investing I’m growing the munger rule.

Seems you’re doing well and having fun with it but mus be scary ist when it turns on you being leveraged and all.

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Chat GPT suggested the following research candidates

VEUR, FGQD, JGGI, TDGB

I have JGGI. It has a 4% of NAV dividend policy. Currently yielding 4.5%.

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Monday bounce incoming?

Noticed crypto hasn’t really bounced that much however, should be interesting.

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Nasdaq was up 700pts earlier on weekend quotations. It pared back its gains, only up 200 after this - https://x.com/trendspider/status/1911509141497242066?s=46&t=HSD-JdAammNfifzT4VScjw

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Good, bargains coming soon to a place near you!

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SOLD out both 5X & 3X long positions on the S&P 500 at 8:10AM this morning. Having purchased them at the UK close on Friday just gone as the market was down.

Having weathered the past month now in the green capturing a 22% gain on the drop and a 12% gain on the rebound which hugely protected my main holdings which are simple etf’s. I think overall gold also provided a 9% overall gain. I used:

CASH
GOLD
3X LONG GOLD
5X SHORT S&P 500
3X SHORT S&P 500
5X LONG S&P 500
3X LONG S&P 500

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I knew to buy gold even last week as it sold off 3% as the Chinese would be heavy buyers even without the tariff news. Many people in China load up on gold to protect their currency which has been an ongoing trend for a couple years now.

Gold could pause for a lot of this year with slight upticks as interest rates lower.

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APRIL 17 2025 The market is reverting to the downside over the next 3 months. Could even happen over the next 6 months to 1 year from now. Institutional investors are selling rallies and riding the bounces. These are not bull market signals.

Cash is actually still a good place for UK investors to still get 4.5% - 5.71% risk free and inside isa’s.

I’m buying the large down movements into my long term investments around £10K each time even if things fall a further 20%. Which is likely if sentiment amongst large global investors continues.

If the USA is the main reason that China managed to grow so much the past 25 years then surely the USA will be the main preventer of this should the USA pull back from China. That means All-World ETF’s will balance out rather than emerging markets outperforming over the next 5 years.

I still expect property to be the place to be over anything else as having that paid off provides such a level of freedom and options.

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