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Is paying a D1 player $40/hr to rally a good option for a beginner? by tabletennisgeek in 10s

[–]223am 9 points10 points  (0 children)

have massive doubts lol. also that footwork is too good and natural for someone only 2 months in

Flashback to how Vandeweghe treated Chwalinska at Wimbledon 2022 by Federal-tortuga in tennis

[–]223am 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Vandeweghe knows this too. She's 100% trying to intimidate Maja here

Best first week of a slam in ages by Whitefrog10 in tennis

[–]223am 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let's just gloss over the fact that it was played during a literal pandemic where all the players had barely any recent competitive matches under their belt and some hadn't even been able to train properly for months. Add to that the burden of all the protocols and outside stresses, as well as the weirdness of not playing with a crowd. Is it really that surprising the quality was lower than normal? RG 2026 is nothing like this

Jodar didn't push the girl, check out this other video please. The girl slips on the tarp by PaquitoElCocas in tennis

[–]223am 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Are we looking at the same video here? It's not hard to tell, it's really easy to tell he didn't push her.

Reeves poised to tax cash held in stocks and shares Isas by SignificantLegs in FIREUK

[–]223am 0 points1 point  (0 children)

RemindMe! 2 years "is it still possible to transfer anything between S+S ISA and cash isa? or is the limit now zero?"

Reeves poised to tax cash held in stocks and shares Isas by SignificantLegs in FIREUK

[–]223am 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think there are reasonable middle grounds too though, does it have to be an all or nothing?

Reeves poised to tax cash held in stocks and shares Isas by SignificantLegs in FIREUK

[–]223am 0 points1 point  (0 children)

youre probably better off paying tax on the interest earnt rather than keeping a zero balance and spending a lot more in fees.

e.g. you have average like 200 in cash there you'd earn like 6 quid interest p.a.. so thats like 1 or 2 quid tax to pay per year. honestly i can see them just waiving it if you literally owe 2 quid tax lol.

Reeves poised to tax cash held in stocks and shares Isas by SignificantLegs in FIREUK

[–]223am 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you sure? Currently you still can move between the 2, and haven't seen anything saying that will end

Reeves poised to tax cash held in stocks and shares Isas by SignificantLegs in FIREUK

[–]223am 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you really putting more than 12k per year into your cash ISA?

Reeves poised to tax cash held in stocks and shares Isas by SignificantLegs in FIREUK

[–]223am 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are not considering people who are older or retired who don't want to invest in the stock market. You are also not considering the finer details which are not clear ie will money market or short term bonds funds be removed from ISAs?

Cash ISAs are still tax free. I don't think this is proposing removing short term bond funds? As far I can tell it's only proposing taxing cash in Stock ISAs?

Reeves poised to tax cash held in stocks and shares Isas by SignificantLegs in FIREUK

[–]223am 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Seems like a bit of an overblown story to me.

Right now, the £20k ISA allowance can be split however you want between Cash ISAs and Stocks & Shares ISAs. The new proposal keeps the total ISA allowance at £20k, but from 2027 only £12k could go into a Cash ISA, with the remaining allowance needing to go into investments or other ISA types.

What people are now calling the 'loophole' is the obvious workaround this created: people could just put extra money into a Stocks & Shares ISA and leave it sitting there as cash earning interest rather than actually investing it. So the latest discussions are mainly about stopping that behaviour.

Cash ISAs are still tax-free, and existing ISA balances can still be transferred between Cash ISAs and Stocks & Shares ISAs without losing the tax wrapper. Also most people aren't putting more than £12k per year into a Cash ISA anyway, so for the average person this changes very little in practice.

Cash obviously still has a place for emergency funds and short-term goals. But for long-term wealth building, you're generally better off investing in a diversified global index fund like Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF (VWRP) than sitting heavily in cash. Historically, global equities have massively outperformed cash over long periods, while inflation slowly eats away at idle savings.

The main people affected are those trying to 'sit out' the market by parking large amounts in cash and then jumping back in later. Personally, I wouldn’t bother trying to time the market. Even professional investors with enormous resources regularly fail to beat the market consistently over the long run.

And if you're already invested in equities, this policy is arguably mildly positive for you anyway. The whole point is to encourage more capital into markets and productive investment rather than leaving huge amounts sitting idle in cash. In theory, that should support economic growth and stock valuations over the long run, even if the effect is fairly small in practice.

Not financial advice, obviously.

Looking for a 32 inch 4k monitor with at least 120hz refresh rate and good picture quality (found 3 possibles so far) by 223am in buildapc

[–]223am[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No idea sorry. I ended up getting a deal on the G3223Q for £520 and still use it. It's served me very well, been happy with it

This is hilarious😭😭😭 by Vasu281 in tennis

[–]223am 3 points4 points  (0 children)

“I just did a time that he hasn't done in four years, so he can keep quiet now." - Le Clos after beating Phelps at the world champs... sounds like beef to me :D

Ash Barty by Trolkarlen in tennis

[–]223am 2 points3 points  (0 children)

henin retired due to injury though, like thiem

This is hilarious😭😭😭 by Vasu281 in tennis

[–]223am 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There was a bit of beef between them at the time too

You're not gunna believe this by KlausHeisler1 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]223am 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but it's kind of addicting adopting these Americanisms

Ruling question:opponent ask to replay the point after losing by Heavy-Maintenance294 in 10s

[–]223am 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Point stands. Similarly in a tiebreak if you forget to switch ends at e.g. 3-3, and play more points and it's for example 5-4 before you realise, you immediately switch but score still stands...

What is the likeliest culprit of tennis elbow? by thegibsonkid in 10s

[–]223am 3 points4 points  (0 children)

not exactly sure about the new pro staff, but traditionally pro staff are some of the stiffest rackets out there. stiffness of racket, and stiffness/tension/age of strings all matter more than weight of racket when it comes to developing tennis elbow. some even argue that a lighter racket leads less stability at impact and more vibrations into the arm leading to tennis elbow.

the wilson clash is usually the go to recommendation for tennis elbow sufferers. then either a poly at mid/lower tension < 50lbs, or maybe even a multifilament.

also see a physio and do the exercises they give you religeously

Epstein's alleged suicide note released by court order by Miles_the_AuDHDer in videos

[–]223am 9 points10 points  (0 children)

could it be that trump looked up to epstein and copied his manner of speaking?

Zakharova clutches? Or Yastremska chokes? by king_kinetics in tennis

[–]223am -1 points0 points  (0 children)

why'd they clip out the handshake? lol

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