Free tip:
Try to rephrase the topic title. For example:
“Which US stocks could be affected by the current market situation?”
You will see a completely different discussion. 
Busy 24 hours for this thread I see.
In other news, BUY THE DIP people.
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The hole is deeper than you think
Then keep buying and cost average down if you think the company is strong long term.
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Your saying this on the thread for UK yet its not off topic or inappropriate?
It is about the message. In this case “US” is just an example. Why do you feel so attacked? I am giving you a tip how you can get positive engagement. Apparently it is not appreciated. Noted.
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I am 100% they never said “dump all of the UK stock”. Those who saif should be questioned whthere they are true analysist or shortsellers, pump and dumper, etc. There are always be sthe tocks to dump and stock to buy. You will see the message like this all the time.
Same here. You sell I buy.
I guess someone has to hold the bag
The whole world seems to be taking some losses today, Mondays are always a good day to trade either way.
Baba dropped again based on nothing, I really wish this stock would find its feet again 
I explained why I said what I said, to target me afterwards is a cheap shot, as I’ve said before for trash talk please just pm me.
I’m happy to wipe the slate clean either way
It’s weird as I am actually up another £100 despite it being from 2 stocks. The UK Stocks didn’t dip all that much today other than when I bought more BritVic.
Damn it UK dip so I can buy more!!!
As I’ve said before with so much of this already priced in I don’t see how the UK stocks can drop any further, couple that with the inflation risk and the obscene money printing and the only movement should be up.
Whether the extra value will buy us anything or not is debatable but it can’t go down inflation go up and the value of the pound decline further
We also have the fact that its never been cheaper (I think) for foreigners to invest in the UK.
Diversity is key. The subject of this thread in general is wrong. It is written as if you should sell all UK stocks, which the answer is no. The same could be said for a similar thread for US/China/Japan or wherever. It doesn’t make sense to reduce your investment opportunities, and you should invest in the stocks fundamentals, not the region.
This was exactly what I said yesterday and I got bashed so I set up other threads with the same title with US CHINA EU and then I got suspended.
This thread should have been changed a long time ago, I have been suggesting it since the start.
It’s not helpful to be a troll against a country, let’s just talk about the effects of brexit or covid and how it will affect the whole markets not just the UK.
The whole planet is in the dump truck at the moment but the companies aren’t. Choose stocks wisely but not because of the region as this is a sad trap to be in
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Can’t speak for the person who started this thread, but note that some people may prefer investing by taking a broad macroeconomic view on a country and then holding a diversified range of stocks/ETFs from said country rather than spending time stockpicking.
This is why most institutions publish a broad view on equities for a particular country for any one year/quarter e.g. iirc Morgan Stanley said a month or two ago that they are overweight (bullish on) UK equities for 2021, whereas at the beginning of the year they were not to the same degree.
[To contribute to this topic itself, the majority of these outlooks that I have read are, as you may expect, positive for UK equities e.g. see https://www.schroders.com/en/insights/economics/outlook-2021-uk-equities]
So whilst the title of this post is pretty “clickbaity”, I personally wouldn’t read it as “troll” on the UK as a country (and if it is meant to be that then it obviously has no place/benefit on an investing forum) but would interpret the topic as a discussion of the broader challenges facing the UK market and whether someone who invests more broadly (rather than picking out individual stocks) should avoid the UK. For example, I am sure there were discussions on “dumping US stocks” around the time of the US election - again, not a “troll” just a “clickbaity” topic headline intended to provoke discussion of the broader market.
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Anyway my view on “is it time to dump UK stocks”… absolutely not imo.
As others have said, right now there are a lot of undervalued companies, especially in businesses hit particularly badly by COVID e.g. restaurants, airlines, other transport. Many of these companies have remained solid fundamentally and also taken advantage of (just about adequate) support from UK govt. As the vaccine is rolled out and the economy fires back up again in 2021, these companies will not stay at the prices they are at currently.
Also Brexit, we may get a deal or we may not, but either way many large companies that would be worst affected by Brexit have been prepping for no-deal for a long time. Of course both no-deal and deal cannot be priced in at the same time, but I certainly don’t think that this challenge represents a reason to avoid UK stocks entirely for 2021.
[Edit: including this because I think it illustrates a nice point]
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I’d be curious to speak with anybody investing in Japan. Investing in the Japanese economy seems like financial suicide.
The whole of the Japanese economy? No profitable companies over there at all?
This just keeps getting better and better
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Yes, if you compare the Nikkei to the Nasdaq or any other index, it is an under performer.
You are confusing companies and the economy. Indeed there are profitable Japanese companies. However I was talking about the economy.
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