UK-US special relationship shaky following Brexit vote

The Financial Times ^ | June 26th, 2016 | by: Geoff Dyer, Demetri Sevastopulo and David J Lynch

[Mike Darancette]

Only shaky with Obama. Most people I know love the Brits.

[Parley Baer]

Not shaky at all if Trump is President.

[RAldrich]

Obama in a snit because the Brits gave him the finger. So he leaks to the Financial Times that he’s going to pick up his toys and go sidle up to the Germans. So there.

(Wonder how the Germans will respond to that.)

[Gator113]

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[Gator113]

And his feelings are hurt.

[stocksthatgoup]

Only because of Obama

[boop]

I find it funny in a sick way that in order to "punish" the Brits for their insolence that the EU has threatened to send them more refugees.

Uh, maybe even the elites notice that the refugees are a scourge, NOT a virtue.

[caver]

Why would the US call Germany, since Merkel caused this invasion of illegals?

[r_barton]

With the UK leaving the EU, the EU lost one of its two nuclear powers (UK, France). Does this mean Germany will build nukes?

[blueplum]

a lot of events were happening in the financial markets just before or during the Brexit vote:
Friday was already expected to be a heavy trading day:
1. The (US) Fed released its annual bank stress-tests
2. The VIX on Thursday had it’s biggest one day fall since January
3. The NASDAQ was due for a $20B reshuffle of 933million shares in response to FTSE
4. The (London Stock Exchange) FTSE Russell Index annual adjustment - adding some companies and dropping others, adjusting stock prices, would create a flurry as Exchange traders worldwide shuffled their portfolios
5. Brexit vote

seems a little strange that Brexit would be scheduled for such a traditionally busy day for world financial markets.

http://www.livetradingnews.com/friday-russell-index-adjustment-brexit-announcement-7564.html#.V3BUTDLn_Ug

[EDINVA]

The US/UK relationship became strained the day Obama took office. Then immediately returned the Churchill bust. And gave the Queen cd’s of his own speeches. And when Obama sent teams over to defeat Cameron. That relationship has not been grand the past 7.5 years under our boy president.

[jpsb]

The Nikki is open in Japan no crash yet.