Trumps attack on Iran - 2026 edition

How will the upcoming attack on Iran go.

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I would not be surprised if people with inside knowledge of this offensive have made a fortune on the markets too.

Taxpayer dollars and 'murcan lives, exchanged for personal enrichment.
 
Brigadier said:
I would not be surprised if people with inside knowledge of this offensive have made a fortune on the markets too.

Taxpayer dollars and 'murcan lives, exchanged for personal enrichment.
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No need to be surprised, folk always make money on the markets (and many other ways) when something like this is kicking off.
 
diy_fun_uk said:
No need to be surprised, folk always make money on the markets (and many other ways) when something like this is kicking off.
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It's the knowing beforehand (that something is going to happen) that is the illegal bit.
And who better knows that 'murca is going to start bombing than............?

It's akin to (if not actually?) insider trading.
 
blup said:
The new Ayatolah has an interesting history: nepotism, imprisons political critics and uses money corruptly to win votes. Sounds like someone we know…
www.bbc.co.uk

Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader?

Many expect the 56-year-old, who has largely kept a low profile, to continue his father's hardline policies.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
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He'll see eye to eye with Trump and Netanyahu then. They'll speak the same language.
 
Brigadier said:
It's the knowing beforehand (that something is going to happen) that is the illegal bit.
And who better knows that 'murca is going to start bombing than............?

It's akin to (if not actually?) insider trading.
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King Billy said:
My investments lost about 10% of their value by Tuesday. I couldn't just short them because I would have incurred more in CGT and fees than the actual loss in value.
And the stock prices by the time the transactions were enacted on Monday morning on LSE, would have been a gamble, because everyone would have been at it.
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Just as well I revisited my earlier post, my loss was a little under 10% by last Tuesday, not the original 25% I thought.
Update, my investments are now down by 12% but maybe not at the bottom yet.
It's worth trying to buy at the bottom.
 
King Billy said:
Just as well I revisited my earlier post, my loss was a little under 10% by last Tuesday, not the original 25% I thought.
Update, my investments are now down by 12% but maybe not at the bottom yet.
It's worth trying to buy at the bottom.
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That's interesting. It must vary with your portfolio mix. I have a modest amount in oil and gas, which is almost the only thing going up. Indices are falling.

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I am expecting more falls and, by chance, am partially shifting into cash this month as I am transferring a pension scheme. It remains to be seen if that will be before, after, or at, the bottom. I suspect it will be before.
 
warey4life said:
Saying Starmer is trying appease islamic extremists is straight up tabloid rag gaslighting garbage designed to wind up Reform type thickos.
And yes I do live in a little village but I work in the centre of Bristol and I work with Muslims and I can vouch that none of them are Islamic extremists.
I also have Muslim relatives, and they don't hate Jews.
Usually, people who hate Muslims like you, don't know any Muslims.
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Find a post where I was hating muslims
Its a fact that they call each other brother and sister, and they support their brothers and sisters anywhere in the world. starmer needs their votes so by not joining in when he should then he was hoping to secure their votes. And cool down any extremists here
Didnt the speaker of the house scupper a vote to protect UK politicians in a similar way @MNW67 you should be good at getting to the bottom of that one.
 
diy_fun_uk said:
No need to be surprised, folk always make money on the markets (and many other ways) when something like this is kicking off.
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No, it's normally a crime to use insider information on these things to make bets. In the Trump era there's no enforcement.
 
JohnD said:
That's interesting. It must vary with your portfolio mix. I have a modest amount in oil and gas, which is almost the only thing going up. Indices are falling.

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I am expecting more falls and, by chance, am partially shifting into cash this month as I am transferring a pension scheme. It remains to be seen if that will be before, after, or at, the bottom. I suspect it will be before.
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My portfolio is not so mixed. I only invest in ethical investments, and nothing in fossil derived energy.
For my part the major fall was on Monday morning, and of course the attack started on Saturday, so no opportunity to sell out before Monday morning. Any range-bound trading would have been difficult to predict, and I certainly wouldn't have predicted such a large fall.

As I intimated, if I'd sold off a lot I would have copped for CGT, (I've had something like an 80% appreciation on value this year) and the inevitable trading fees, which would have risked negating any potential gains.

The problem with shifting to gold is it always seems to be on the rise, so waiting for a dip is a long wait.
 
I don't pay much attention to CGT now, as almost all my investments are in an ISA.

I believe the current allowance is £3000 https://www.gov.uk/capital-gains-tax/rates

If you have a lot of taxable gains, you may as well sell enough to create just under £3k taxable gains before the end of the tax year in a few weeks. Then another amount in the new tax year.

You may be able to "bed and ISA" them with modest charges. I use ii. https://www.ii.co.uk/
If you are interested I can give you a recommendation leading to a year without account charges. There is a payment to me if you keep the account active for a year, I don't want it so I can send it to you after a year or pay it to charity.

If you have physical gold in sovereigns or Britainnias, it does not attract CGT. The price is currently very high so this may be a good time to raise cash, before the orange idiot is led away in a straight jacket.
 
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