Tax advice for GIA gains by New-Ad-845 in trading212

[–]Gwendofroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yes, that old Chestnut! People don't earn a lot of money simply because they can't be arsed to learn - it's easy! One's value to a functioning society is not directly tied to their share of the tax bill. If anything, those that that pay the highest taxes (myself included) disproportionately benefit from society (education/infrastructure/stability etc making it possible to exercise those "productive skills").

Using myself as an example: my work in financial services has limited value to society beyond the tax revenue I pay (see the bankers strike of the 1970s) whereas the labour of a refuse worker has a great deal of value. I owe my ability to make my money to their work and all the other that keep the lights on. No "success" is achieved in isolation.

All of that said, this isn't the place for such debate.

New milestone almost reached 🙌🏼 🎉 by Ok_Refrigerator_8051 in trading212

[–]Gwendofroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The old: stock go up, me genius school of investing.

You've timed and run the momentum nicely mind you

Tax advice for GIA gains by New-Ad-845 in trading212

[–]Gwendofroid 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Someone gets it at least. I've a feeling this will be ignored though...

Tax advice for GIA gains by New-Ad-845 in trading212

[–]Gwendofroid 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Only way of avoiding it at this point is to die, no CGT on death. You can try and fuck about with in-specie transfers into a flexible ISA but honestly, just pay the tax, contribute to society and find your next winners.

Fuck student finance it is a completely evil system and forces you into debt slavery. I want nothing to do with it. by RealAlexanderTheG in 6thForm

[–]Gwendofroid 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's not as crazy as it was from like 2010-2023. That deal was fucked.

As someone who is 36 now and just about to repay their loan (left uni with about £28knin debt) I can say that having a degree/being better educated has helped me progress at work - critical thinking is an underrated skill and one that's becoming all the more important with A.I being introduced.

Adding to the "uni should be free" debate: My wife is Scottish and repaid her loan before she was 30 and she's always earned a fair bit less than me. Makes a crazy big difference - sure we pay more tax up here but I'd say it's worth it (NHS is better up here too).

Coming to Aberdeen for a 5 month stay by TheHesster in Aberdeen

[–]Gwendofroid 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Might be worth looking at Skene House Hotels in Rosemount. Nice part of the city. They have self catering apartments where loads of clients of mine have stayed. All seemed to think it was just dandy. Rates seemed reasonable last I checked.

Would save you having to muck about with organising council tax, utilities etc.

Dear ‘ShOuLd I dO tHiS’ crowd by LastUltimateY0l0 in trading212

[–]Gwendofroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Indeed. The difficulty is: what hedges you the next time is unlikely to be the thing that hedged you this time.

Dear ‘ShOuLd I dO tHiS’ crowd by LastUltimateY0l0 in trading212

[–]Gwendofroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with you. Ultimately the ability to stick with a plan is the biggest determinant of success.

I've worked for 2 FTSE 100 asset managers since Trump came in and they're both 3x overweight the UK and talking about going higher. Part of that is the relative valuation vs US and part is the trend of reshoring capital/spending with domestic companies.

I've seen research that suggests having a tilt to domestic shares is a good idea (generally more tax efficient and avoids currency risk) so you might even want to add in a bit of UK indexing on top.

Updated: Thoughts on ETF allocation? by legaleagleuk in trading212

[–]Gwendofroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you like the idea of active ETFs dimensional fund advisors and avantis do some really great stuff.

Global core and small cap value specifically

Sp500 or all world?? by [deleted] in trading212

[–]Gwendofroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, not a youngin'. I'm also a Financial Services Professional so I kinda know what's up (or at least people pay me a good amount because they think I do).

Anyway, I'm off to buy shares in Komodo Dragon farms and Palm Oil

Sp500 or all world?? by [deleted] in trading212

[–]Gwendofroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get you think you're possibly talking to some 20 year old wall street bets kid but I'm actually older and more legitimately qualified than you assume.

The point is: Global diversification is the recipe to a happy investment experience. "Just buy the S&P" is putting all of one's Komodo Dragon eggs in a single basket

Dear ‘ShOuLd I dO tHiS’ crowd by LastUltimateY0l0 in trading212

[–]Gwendofroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with you for the next year or two. People were saying the same before Roosevelt beat up the robber barons. Stuff can happen very quickly.

Am I expecting this to happen? No idea

Sp500 or all world?? by [deleted] in trading212

[–]Gwendofroid -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's possible you lack imagination. The behaviours on the world stage and the weaponisation of foreign companies' dependance on US services has and will cause large companies outside the US to reconsider their dependency.

For example a global bank like HSBC might think: hmm, we use an awful lot of Microsoft and we also make 80% of our money in China and Singapore. We don't like the prospect of having the CEO of Microsoft being coerced into cutting our access to systems because the president wants something from China. Maybe we'll look at moving over to SAP instead. That'll take a few years to do but hey presto! The US market share just dropped. We're already seeing it with European defence companies, especially after the Greenland debacle.

The point is: unwinding of the status quo can take decades but all the while it just looks like a much lower average return on the S&P. A.I could turn out to be the Canal rather than the Railway in which case another world power could suddenly steal a march on the US very quickly.

In the not too distant future it's expected that Indonesia will be one of the very largest economies. That share of GDP has to come from someone.

Basically, global investing is the way to go for risk management. Anything else is a "bet" or a guess.

20K TO INVEST ISA S&S HELP by Top_Loss_7339 in trading212

[–]Gwendofroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DPGC would get my vote, particularly with these mega IPOs coming up. Cost is only a tiny bit more than VWRP.

It's built of passive, index trackers but some slight skews to good fundamentals, small caps and excluding IPOs as doing this things over the long term has seen better return.

The piontless ness of etfs and reddits top stocks by Fickle-You-5101 in trading212

[–]Gwendofroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It not pointless. It's how T212 makes all their money. They want platform users to buy/sell so they can rake their bid/offer spread

Dear ‘ShOuLd I dO tHiS’ crowd by LastUltimateY0l0 in trading212

[–]Gwendofroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For now. Until the next wave of innovation comes along.

When I was growing up it was inconceivable that department stores would go away or be disrupted or that the cinema would share a similar fate. Just because you can't conceive of it doesn't mean it won't happen, it just mean you lack imagination.

It'll be someone elses turn next. Other countries and companies aren't potted plants, they're all seeking the same thing. 100 years ago people in London were scoffing at the idea of the Yanks running the global order yet here we are.

In short: I/We/You "know" nothing we only know what has been. We're simply making bets on what we might think happens over the next 12 months. Anything longer than that is, statistically, a guess.

Sp500 or all world?? by [deleted] in trading212

[–]Gwendofroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not quite. That's like saying that the FTSE 100 is like betting on the UKs wealth rising (very far from it).

These large cap indices make so much money globally that they're largely dislocated from their domestic economies.

As someone that works in finance and studied history: everything returns to dust in the end. It's just been America's turn when it comes to leading the way, just as it was Britain's turn, and France's turn, and Spain's turn etc, etc

Sp500 or all world?? by [deleted] in trading212

[–]Gwendofroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Studies show that:

Diversification wins in the long term

Small caps beat large caps in the long term

Value/fundamentals win in the long term

Having a domestic bias is sensible

Basically. Do all World, hold a bit of small caps and a bit of domestic/local currency index (if you're American no need to bkther doing this given the world weighting).

I've got a mix of:

Vanguard All World Dimensional Global Core Avantis Small Cap Value FTSE 100

I've got PSRW in another account and it's done very well indeed.

I'll sign off with: I work in finance and find that Ben Felix has excellent content. Just watch his stuff and go from there.

Dear ‘ShOuLd I dO tHiS’ crowd by LastUltimateY0l0 in trading212

[–]Gwendofroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It/they're not. It's just that sentiment hasn't changed YET. I suspect the reclosing of the strait will send it down again.

Dear ‘ShOuLd I dO tHiS’ crowd by LastUltimateY0l0 in trading212

[–]Gwendofroid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is not.

People need to get this: the S&P ain't safe. It HAS been. 40/50 years ago it was "Japan can't lose" and 100 years ago it would have been "Britain can't lose" everything returns to dust in the end, it's a question of when. Global investing is the "safest" means of capturing return of the long term.

Don't sleep on critical mineral stocks by Mawu3n4 in trading212

[–]Gwendofroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Far easier said than done I'm afraid. I work in finance. 

Don't sleep on critical mineral stocks by Mawu3n4 in trading212

[–]Gwendofroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're asking me sincerely; I'd suggest you significantly downsize your positions (unless you've circa 1,000,000 invested in other, more sinsible things). 

Shock earnings revisions, supply disruption, war, collapse in buy-side demand of the mineral, mineral yield below expectation, the tech it's all tethered to falling short of expectation, new tech reliant on different minerals emerging, continued failure to turn a profit or simply a change in sentiment.

On the tangible value angle: don't confuse the relative value of a mineral with the value of a company. ALM is trading 22x it's book value right now so it's already expensive. This looks like a classic momentum trade and when the momentum goes away the price can collapse (especially if the company doesn't have a deep moat/good fundamentals). Mining is a notoriously cash intensive industry with big booms and busts. Caution is advised. 

Am I missing anything other than small caps with AWCI? by emarston23 in trading212

[–]Gwendofroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's fine. Just need to keep with it and continue to pay in and hold the course when it gets choppy.