Trumps attack on Iran - 2026 edition

How will the upcoming attack on Iran go.

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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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JohnD said:
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 before the end of the tax year in a few weeks. Then another amount on the new tax year.
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But it's not possible to do that when there's such a sudden massive fall.
It was my intention to sell off slowly over time, but timing was not good for me. I'm still massively in profit, just not as much as I was.
 
JohnD said:
If you have physical gold in sovereigns or Britainnias, it does not attract CGT. The price is currently very high so this may he a good time to raise cash, before the orange idiot is led away in a straight jacket,
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The problem I've found with physical gold, is alway waiting a bit longer to sell because it keeps on going up.
So once into gold I'm loathe to sell. And it's only a better investment during time like these, if you can time it right.
And that needs insider intel. which brings us full circle.
 
Koolpc said:
Apparently there is talk that the 160 school dead may very well be fake news from the mad mullahs!!! I wouldn't put it past them at all...
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More denials. Israel used to deny killing vast numbers in Gaza, most of whom were women, children and non-combatants.

They admit it now.

They also tried to pretend they were not assassinating journalists.

Israel is annoyed that the rest of the world thinks that Arab lives matter.
 
King Billy said:
But it's not possible to do that when there's such a sudden massive fall.
It was my intention to sell off slowly over time, but timing was not good for me. I'm still massively in profit, just not as much as I was.
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So sell enough to realise just under £3k gains, and pay no tax on them.
 
JohnD said:
More denials. Israel used to deny killing vast numbers in Gaza, most of whom were women, children and non-combatants.

They admit it now.

They also tried to pretend they were not assassinating journalists.

Israel is annoyed that the rest of the world thinks that Arab lives matter.
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And the list of their war crimes continues to grow...

They are now using white phosphorous on civilian areas in Lebanon...

But israel cares not for the people it regards as 'untermensch'...

The victims of past atrocities have indeed become the perpetrators of modern day atrocities!
 
aveatry said:
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.
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You are highly critical of those of us who don't hate Muslims.
Are you saying you like Muslims?
Also, out of interest, how many Muslims do you know?
 
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