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    Global investors flee the US and return to UK stocks

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    1. _HGCenty on

      Turns out investors don’t like it when the President treats tariffing your economic allies with the same indecisiveness as what takeaway I’m going to order.

    2. HotelPuzzleheaded654 on

      Boring and centrist governments are good for markets who like stability, who knew?

    3. cennep44 on

      My pension fund invested in US stocks is down like 12% since Trump started his trade war. I still think the US will perform better in the medium to long term than the UK and rest of Europe though. They seem to have a lot more scope for growth with all the space and resources they have compared to Europe. I considered and haven’t ruled out moving my fund back to the UK but I tend to think it probably doesn’t make sense, even though I don’t like the idea of my money helping even in a small way to prop up Trump’s economy.

    4. Alternative_Big_4298 on

      UK could benefit more. But Starmer is not doing enough. If he just came out and said we’ll prioritise British defence companies. They’d benefit more. Or allow a restrictive stimulus package for UK companies to hire people fleeing USA in STEM roles. They’d get so much more capital

      We’re risking losing talent to France atm.

    5. _Rookwood_ on

      The consequence of Trump starting unnecessary trade wars with allies. Trump is notoriously fickle and I believe that he’ll backtrack on most of these tariffs as the ramifications unfold over the months ahead.

    6. SojournerInThisVale on

      A reminder that when I posted about the merits of British stocks and my wariness towards the US market (and that doesn’t mean not to invest, just to be balanced and not go all in on American companies) that I was labelled as some kind of heretic

    7. GianfrancoZoey on

      I mean yeah, our Government are fully onboard with Blackrock/Blackstone’s plans to fully privatise parts of the country. Of course ‘investors’ are going to be interested

    8. XenorVernix on

      There were people on here a few months back telling me I should sell my UK investments at all time lows and buy the S&P 500 at 6100 as if they were giving smart financial advice. Since then my UK investments are up around 15% and S&P 500 down nearly 10%.

    9. MrJake94 on

      I can thank Trump for pushing me to European and UK index ETFs. I was previously mostly all in on the S&P500 and MAG7 – but felt I was way too exposed with both my pension (can’t control) and ISA practically all in gambles on the US.

      My exposure to the US market in my ISA is down from close to 70% to 30%, where I’m more comfortable – but I am considering to reduce the weight further rather than rebalance in the event the US stops electing morons to office.

    11. gattomeow on

      Meh. UK stocks. The FTSE is up 5%.

      Have a look at the thumping start to the year that Hong Kong stocks have had. The Hang Seng is up 25%.

    13. Pakora_eating_Gora on

      >Now, investors are four per cent overweight UK stocks

      The intensity of the headline doesn’t match the story.

    14. 360_face_palm on

      just like when liz truss was in power here, there’s a ‘moron premium’ being applied to the US market.