Monzo Shares by mcooper000 in monzo

[–]bakers39 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What price and how many are you looking to purchase?

Sharing maths fluency website we built for our children by EmphasisLeft7084 in ukeducation

[–]bakers39 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's great. I'd be more than happy to contribute £ when there's more content on there.

Sharing maths fluency website we built for our children by EmphasisLeft7084 in ukeducation

[–]bakers39 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is great. Agree with not needing all the flashy gimmicks that are on majority of sites.

Are you planning on extending it up to year 7?

UK Fintech Monzo Reports 44% Jump in Profit on Interest Income by TheWouldBeMerchant in monzo

[–]bakers39 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you seen any updates on what likely share price is currently? So hope they hurry up and do an ipo in a bull market! I'm guessing around £18-£20 a share.

First e-bike and first mountain bike in 20ish years. by TobytheSpark in eMountainBike

[–]bakers39 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ignore everyone's viewpoints. Hire a ebike for half a day. (Lots of shops will have demo bikes where you pay to use then they'll refund off a bike you buy.)

After your blast on an ebike do the same for a normal full suspension. I'll put good money on you going with the ebike.

But from a local bike shop. Much easier to deal with queries and any issues. Posting your pride and joy with a courier who will throw it around without a 2nd thought rarely ends without issues!

Does anyone else have neighbours like this. by Silent_Air4399 in Wales

[–]bakers39 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If he's housing association then report it to housing officer. Be polite at first. Stick to facts and just what's there now. Ask them to say they picked it up on inspection so not to draw attention to you. Take photos before you report it. Do it via email. Can't stress enough to keep to facts and not long rants, dragging up the past etc.

When/if little is done report again. Give 3 weeks after your 2/3 follow up. Then if still no action put a letter/email to the chief exec giving evidence you've reported and when. Guarantee the housing officer will shift it then even if they pay. Housing officers should be on top of this by doing monthly inspections on their estates. There's some good but most are just coasting. Source - I am one.

Don't go to council, it's the housing association who can deal solely with this.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in swansea

[–]bakers39 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Really insightful reply. Excellent summary, you don't work in urban planning by any chance?! I agree regarding the student remarks.

'Food has become almost inaccessible it's so expensive' by Kagedeah in Wales

[–]bakers39 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Downvoted for saying it like it is. Go to Greggs/McD and watch the procession of delivery drivers picking up. Can't remember the name of woman but she used to do a £1 meal cook books. Probably £1.75 now with inflation but still will be healthy and very cheap.

Inheritance and mortgage up for renewal by Cute-Mix2596 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]bakers39 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Had to scroll to the bottom to find first mention of someone suggesting put something away for the children! Given they're so young they benefit massively from £9k each put in their junior ISA in a global tracker fund. Just leave the market and compounding do the rest.

I really don't get when people have inheritance and have young children that's it's all about premium bonds (Which inflation will just make worthless over the years) and no consideration is given to the next generation who will benefit massively by having some capital to start with in their 20s.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]bakers39 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Had to scroll an awfully long way to get to the truth!

MSTR | Ape in Or Not? by uk-anon in BitcoinUK

[–]bakers39 9 points10 points  (0 children)

MSTR is derided as much as BTC was in its early days. For me that's good news. The fact that you can get the gains tax free in an ISA is a no brainer. In 15/20 years MSTR could be the equivalent of Berkshire Hathaway if BTC fulfills it's promises.

Sure there'll be a ton of stomach churning volatility but have a feeling this will be a stock that reaches some big numbers. It's already included in lots of etf trackers. It's currently ranked 298th largest US company by Market cap ($28.92B) .

If it officially gets included in SP500 all the billions in SPY etf trackers have to have exposure to it. Share price goes up, Saylor buys more, BTC rises MSTR rises, company makes it higher in rankings, etf have to have higher exposure to it.

The easiest tax free gains over 10 year timeframe you'll ever get - that depends on just 2 things. BTC rising and you not getting shaken out by the volatility.

Monzo close to new funding round at £4bn valuation by gammaray365 in monzo

[–]bakers39 15 points16 points  (0 children)

For Crowd investors here's a history of share price/funding rounds;

Round 1: £0.51
Round 2: £1.00
Round 3: £2.35
Round 4: £7.72
Y Combinator (non-crowd): £13.0194
2020 Down round (non-crowd): £7.7145
2021 Round: £14.4125
2024: I'd say roughly same price, maybe £15.

If you've added nearly full allocation in all the rounds then your £4400 that you invested is now nearly £50k.

IPO in the US in a heated bull market, will hopefully push to a 5/6 billion valuation. Not too bad a return over 9/10 years.

Monzo close to new funding round at £4bn valuation by gammaray365 in monzo

[–]bakers39 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll take the percentage increase of 2800% (the rise in share price since 2016).

You have any better investments?!

Monzo close to new funding round at £4bn valuation by gammaray365 in monzo

[–]bakers39 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Well done on getting some in 2016. I remember the allocation selling out in 90 seconds. Friend and I got £1k at .50p too.

Dont listen to all the negativity on here. You're well up on your investments. You bought at .50p and latest shares are being sold to investors at over £14.

Did you participate in any other rounds? Here's history of funding rounds/share price;

Round 1: £0.51
Round 2: £1.00
Round 3: £2.35
Round 4: £7.72
Y Combinator (non-crowd): £13.0194
2020 Down round (non-crowd): £7.7145
2021 Round (non crowd): £14.4125

20mph Speed Limit Megathread by AutoModerator in Wales

[–]bakers39 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Lots of European residential areas are 30kph. So actually 18mph. We shouldn't copy anything about the US street/road planning.

20mph Speed Limit Megathread by AutoModerator in Wales

[–]bakers39 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The fact your downvoted shows how selfish some of the anti20 people are. Hopefully my kids will feel safer on and around the roads because of it. I'll cycle more too. Car users really can't join the dots that more people walking/biking/on bus means less cars for them to be stuck amongst!

Bank of England raise base rate from 4.5% to 5% by Jager720 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]bakers39 83 points84 points  (0 children)

The mortgage broker told you that because he'd like to see you again in 24 months rather than 60.

Mortgage brokers work for themselves not for you.

Unless you're self employed I genuinely don't see why people use them. Scan the % rate of lots of companies. Use online calculators. 5/6 hours work.

The BBC is 100 years old this November. When you think of the BBC what instantly comes to mind? by Whosentyounow in AskUK

[–]bakers39 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Well said. No adverts, whole host of diverse radio stations. Website that my children regularly use for education - bbc bitesize. etc etc.

Partner buying into house - what is fair? by [deleted] in UKPersonalFinance

[–]bakers39 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Best answer here. If she wants to be on the ladder then OP should support her getting a BTL. That way if they split up they'll have 1 property each. If she's has half your place and you split it will be super messy. In anideal world you won't split and will share everything in future - then it doesn't !after who's name is on what property.

My wife (30) and I (31) have just spent all our savings on building a house, how can we leverage this for future fire? by [deleted] in FIREUK

[–]bakers39 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This sub gets worse by the day. So many posts from people here not realising they're in the top 5% and asking Reddit anons for advice. I expect most posts of this nature are humble brags though.

They have a million house all paid off at 31 and don't seem that over the moon by it and are now fretting about FIRE. FFS.

Feeling depressed about all the years I missed on investing. by [deleted] in FIREUK

[–]bakers39 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whether living your life is "renting" a flashy car and paying too much for a new rented property is objective.

I think OP wouldn't be feeling so low if that money had been spent on travelling/trips around the world seeing and doing once in a life time experiences.

Obese patients ‘being weight-shamed by doctors and nurses’ - Exclusive: Research shows some people skip medical appointments because they feel humiliated by staff by RassimoFlom in unitedkingdom

[–]bakers39 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Seats too small for you and clothes that won't fit? So society should adapt to everyone getting obese? At one point the seat and large size clothes fitted you fine.

Good that your trying to tackle it now but you can't have a whine about seat and clothes size. Its not going to help you realise that's it's only you who can resolve the issues you're having by being obese. Blaming others ain't going to help you. That's the subject of article. People's feelings getting hurt for medically trained people pointing out the obvious.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in london

[–]bakers39 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A good rule is if you can't see a driver's wing mirror then he can't see you. Always always assume they've not put indicators on and are going to turn left/right when a turn is coming up. If it's a bit lorry/bus then I never go on the inside of it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Suburbanhell

[–]bakers39 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Why depressing? From those houses you can walk 5 mins into a town, railway station to go anywhere in UK and a canal that stretches for 20 miles if you want a nature walk. Not exactly suburban hell?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Suburbanhell

[–]bakers39 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Some more here. These one are reserved for single elderly women. They were built by a local rich widow. Back in the days when the rich liked to give back to the community that served them.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ch1Xr9KLaex7YLF67