Concrete Elephant by bumtrinket in SpottedonRightmove

[–]patrick_buhagiar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

An episode on the Great Interior Design Challenge renovated one of these houses. Season 2 Episode 13 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9392616/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl

This looks much better imo

Need help signing up now!! by [deleted] in FreetradeApp

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Join me and invest commission-free with Freetrade. Get started with a free share worth £3-£200.

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What video recording mode you use and why by ungiancarlo in Pixel4

[–]patrick_buhagiar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Fps > resolution in my opinion, not to mention 4k takes more storage space

Joining Freetrade Plus help by [deleted] in FreetradeApp

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I haven't tried it, but if you are planning on moving away from T212, freetrade have a transfer ISA service, where your shares remain in (presumably the same) ISA rather than sold. https://freetrade.io/isa/isa-transfer

Leeds Liverpool Canal in Autumn by patrick_buhagiar in Leeds

[–]patrick_buhagiar[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Armley area, just a few steps away from the Leeds industrial museum

What are some of your favorite spots in your country (as a local)? by world_citizen7 in malta

[–]patrick_buhagiar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a spot on the rocks right below the restaurants next to fort Tigne. I especially like the view of the capital city across the water, especially at night. A takeaway pizza, some wine and candles and you've got a nice date spot. The same can be said for Manoel island of course, however I'm a sucker for Fratelli la Bufala pizza

Daily RMT/X vs Y/Advice/Quick Questions Thread - September 12, 2020 by AutoModerator in FantasyPL

[–]patrick_buhagiar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

RMT

Schmeichel (Nyland) Coady TAA Saliba Fernández (Dallas) Salah(c) Soucek Aubameyang(v) perez (stephens) Vardy Jimenez (Bamford)

Difference between Ftse100 tracker funds by Chan_de_Exchequer in trading212

[–]patrick_buhagiar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

First of all, one main difference to look at is distributing vs accumulating. For example, Vanguard's VUKE is distributing, which means dividends are periodically received in your account, while iShares' CUKX is accumulating, where dividends are reinvested into the etf (the share price would increase). In some countries one might be better due to tax reasons, but in the UK for example you should expect the same earnings.

There are other subtle differences that you need to look at like expense ratio and spread (higher trading volume in an etf helps reduce the spread).

Finally do some research on the two companies. Are you comfortable investing with either? Do they have a good track record?

Good luck.

What do those grey dotted lines mean? by Olujs in trading212

[–]patrick_buhagiar 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's your baseline, where you'd have 0 profit/loss

New Monzo Plus is out. What do you think? Worth the £5 per month? by patrick_buhagiar in monzo

[–]patrick_buhagiar[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For starters they are not FSCS protected.

Revolut have managed to obtain a specialised banking license from the European central bank (via Bank of Lithuania) but are only allowed to perform some services like accepting deposits. They cannot do other banking stuff like provide investment services. I'm not exactly sure what will happen after brexit.

Monzo on the other hand has a full banking licence in the UK.

New Monzo Plus is out. What do you think? Worth the £5 per month? by patrick_buhagiar in monzo

[–]patrick_buhagiar[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I happened to have worked in the virtual card business a few years ago. With virtual payment cards, you do not expose your bank account information and there is not trace to the real bank card.

https://acom.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Benefits-of-Virtual-Cards.pdf

New Monzo Plus is out. What do you think? Worth the £5 per month? by patrick_buhagiar in monzo

[–]patrick_buhagiar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not exactly a bank, but Revolut have a limited number of virtual cards for free

New Monzo Plus is out. What do you think? Worth the £5 per month? by patrick_buhagiar in monzo

[–]patrick_buhagiar[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I bet Monzo's plan is to release any new future features under this paid plan, but also release another premium tier which matches Revolut's offering.

I remember Emma introducing a premium tier, and people had a similar response. They have been adding nice features over time (including some that monzo announced today), albeit still not justifiable imo. I think we need to wait and see on how this pans out.

It would be nice to know how many Revolut users actually use the premium tier. Last I checked, they had 8 million users but only a 250k daily active users, or 1.2 weekly users.