How do you guys invest?

[jstar]

SpaceX Stock Plunges to All-Time Low After Competitor Makes Major Leap

"It started to look a lot like a meme stock."

finance.yahoo.com

 

[Wisnu]

SpaceX Stock Plunges to All-Time Low After Competitor Makes Major Leap

"It started to look a lot like a meme stock."

finance.yahoo.com

I don't know if there's a connection, but my Starlink has been slower for the past few months. It never hits 200 Mbps anymore.

 

[pantaiema]

On the same subject....

The End of Easy Money in Bali—And Why That’s Actually Good News

As Bali’s property market matures, easy profits are giving way to an era shaped by structure, sustainability, and long-term thinking.

indonesiaexpat.id

In the street I live, over the last years at least 5 or 6 new villas. Most of them still vacant.
I know a guy who used to do the "house building /flipping", can't get rid of the last one finished a year ago.
A French guy finished a house adjacent to the resort I live about 2 years ago, he managed to rent it 6 months. Now available for sale since over a year.
In a 500m radius 8 years ago there were 2 or3 resorts, nos 5 or 6. But the number of tourists has not doubled...so they all have a low occupancy rate.

These are other recent cases of people in Bali sharing their personal property investment experiences on social media. A person is asking, whether the 10-12% return is reasonable. For context, 10-12% return in equity market in the bull market is not that difficult to get.

Of course, anyone on the internet can make up their own story. However, when people gain nothing from sharing their experiences and are simply trying to help answer someone else's question, they have little incentive to fabricate their stories.

 

[Balifrog]

In 30+ years all over Asia I have seen more guys losing their shirt, house, "wife", car...than I have seen guys making it big time.
The worst idea being buying a bar...

 

[pantaiema]

This is what they are saying
https://jakartaglobe.id/business/go...aking-bali-new-international-financial-center Government Stays Firm in Making Bali New International Financial Center.

For political sycophant talking, making a new promises, keep issuing a new regulation just to look good is very easy if you do not need to pay the price for the wrong policy that has been issued.

And ironically this is what has happened over the last two years. There are now three international reputable Banks: The Indonesian units of Citigroup Inc, Standard Chartered plc and HSBC Holdings plc remitted a total of 11.5 trillion rupiah (US$640 million).
https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/808594 Prabowo risks prompt global banks to pull cash out of Indonesia

The question here do the foreign investors still trust what the Indonesian government is saying ???

 

[Balifrog]

Prabowo risks prompt global banks to pull cash out of Indonesia

The three biggest foreign banks in Indonesia have shipped around US$640 million of their earnings out of Southeast Asia’s largest economy since 2024 as they pare exposure amid President Prabowo Subianto’s increasingly state-focused economic policies.

theedgemalaysia.com

Interesting article !

 

[harryopal1]

Interesting article !

This would seem to present an opportunity for China to become the predominant financial power broker.

 

[pantaiema]

This would seem to present an opportunity for China to become the predominant financial power broker.

One key difference is the legal framework governing overseas conduct of business is that the Institutional investors from the UK and the EU are subject to strict anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws that apply even to their activities abroad. Violations can result in prosecution and significant penalties in their home jurisdictions. But not just that they could even face enforcement in multiple jurisdictions for overseas corruption.

There are already a few major examples of this:
Rolls-Royce, they got fine approximately half billions GBP in the UK, Airbus, etc for misconduct in a foreign country.

And now compare them with Indonesia, it is not just overseas misconduct even in homeland Indonesia, in many case instead of getting fine they are bailed out or the company, especially if they are state owned enterprise, are dissolved into another entity like Danantara to disguise it. Those who commit misconduct get promoted

 

[Balifrog]

One key difference is the legal framework governing overseas conduct of business is that the Institutional investors from the UK and the EU are subject to strict anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws that apply even to their activities abroad. Violations can result in prosecution and significant penalties in their home jurisdictions. But not just that they could even face enforcement in multiple jurisdictions for overseas corruption.

There are already a few major examples of this:
Rolls-Royce Holding they got fine approximately half trillion GBP in the UK, Airbus, etc

And now compare with Indonesia, it is not just overseas misconduct even in homeland Indonesia in many case instead of getting fine they are bailed out or the company, especially if they are state owned enterprise, are dissolved into another entity like Danantara. Those who commit misconduct get promoted

Every big international contract has bribes involved I think.
Some guys get caught now and then. But probably every conrract has a "provision" for the fines.
That and the "gifts" are included in the salesprice. End user pays it at the end of the chain....

 

[pantaiema]

Every big international contract has bribes involved I think.
Some guys get caught now and then. But probably every conrract has a "provision" for the fines.
That and the "gifts" are included in the salesprice. End user pays it at the end of the chain....

Certainly. That is why the companies like Rolls Royce, Airbus get fined.

But every game has its basic rules. In investing, one of Warren Buffett's most well-known rules is: "Don't lose money." This doesn't mean you will never incur losses, as every investor does. Instead, it emphasises the importance of risk management. The goal is, avoiding risks/bets so large that a single mistake could eliminate your capital and end your ability to stay in the game.

The unwritten rule of committing misconduct: don't get caught.
But there might be additional rule for Indonesia: Prepare enough money for DONATION to the judges, prosecutors, policemen.

 

[snpark]

There are already a few major examples of this:
Rolls-Royce, they got fine approximately half trillion GBP in the UK, Airbus, etc for misconduct in a foreign country.

Bullsh1t
Half a TRILLION gbp???? Impossible

 

[pantaiema]

Bullsh1t
Half a TRILLION gbp???? Impossible

Sorry half billion GBP. Original post amended

 

[snpark]

Sorry half billion GBP. Original post amended

Duly noted