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JESHAL007:
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If Nigeria women had the government welfare, good economy, favourable government policies like the west, I can bet marriage and child birth would drop below replacement level but because of poverty they have to adapt to the societal and religious constraints against their inmate nature of unfettered hypergamy where they only select the best of the best , the top 20% of wealth and status for marriage and top 20% of physical attractiveness, since they make their own money, but in Africa it's either hookup or marriage to alleviate from poverty

I don't like "if" in statements... It is a conditional tense and I can generate many "if" for many scenarios.
There is no going to be "if"
Humans are constantly dream of a perfect world but there won't be any.
There are reasons why some conditions are created to have a predictable output.
If you say a favourable government with welfare and policies will make so many women leave their marriages .... I agree.
And I can also tell you what "if" there are so many beautiful virgins to go around for all the men in the world either poor or rich.... So many ugly, short and non-virgin women may likely die single too.
OR
What "if" all the men have money/rich, they will be able to pick their choices and not what life throws at them to marry. Many women will die single and lonely.
Humans are interdependent.
We need each other one way or the other and when we use "if" , we try to skew the situation to estimate a predictable bias.
What if I tell you soooo many people who wake up every morning to rush to work don't like their jobs - my parent, your parent, uncle, sister etc but they need to do it anyway to keep the body and soul moving.
What "if" the government (as usual) decides to give each citizen 200m naira (assuming zero inflation nor devaluation), what do you think will happen the following day? Most companies would fold up because no worker will show up.
So of you skew a situation to favour women so as to be independent and avoid marriage, we can also skew many scenarios

JESHAL007:
Lol
It's because of need for steady and uninterrupted sex, need for romance( oxytocin induced love), loneliness creating a need for companionship and societal with religious pressures make men act emotionally against their interest, logically and pragmatically asides raising kids in a functioning home there is no tangible benefit for marriage

Well, about sex - I will tell you your chances of getting good mind blowing sex is higher being single than married. Talking from experience. So I wonder why poor men will want to run into marriage that won't gaurantee good sex unlike if they are single and free.
The only logical thing I can think of why men want marriage desperately is due to Loneliness.
When you have options in life like the average woman, running into marriage that will cut that off won't look encouraging nor interesting.
Reason 80% of divorces are initiated by women because they know there will always be toasters into their late 50s provided they look okay.
But for a man, the opposite is the case.
A man can stay for a year without anyone calling him, sends credit or data, no happy birthday wishes nor gifts.
Just silence
Silence
Invisible to the millions of humans walking the street yearly.
This scarcity triggers fear and a man will be ready to settle down at the little slight of opportunity when he sees a woman that will atleast listen to him.
It is a different ball game to men who have resources and constantly been showered with love and sex

JESHAL007:
Marriage now is not for the weak because the harsh economy, poverty rate, unemployment and underemployment rate have ruined everything, especially in Nigeria. It's very difficult to find true love. Most people especially ladies now get married to escape poverty and hardship. grin

Well, using your statement - if women are using marriage to escape poverty, why are struggling men trying to force themselves into marriage rather than avoiding it to escape poverty also? since they will get poorer adding a woman to their already critical situation

KingDashx:
All this don't matter
Death is the only way out.



Just yesterday one of my sec school buddy died on route to Jos, he was a Rich kid back in the days, he's money couldn't predict he's TOD.

Dimka?

advanceDNA:
U dey beg woman....?? Woman wey don get belle for another man?? Na so ur self esteem low reach?


Guy ....Nor use this brain cross express way oooooo

Bro, you get bad mouth ooo

Mankind2024:
You reminded me of my campaign on Nairaland in 2023/24 when I brought the gospel of the Magnificent 7 stocks (check my past topics). Today, the Magnificent 7 stocks—of which NVIDIA is a leader—have delivered inflation-beating returns of three digits on my invested capital.
This was not luck, but trust in compounding, discipline, patience, and time.

Just be careful with this strategy of holding forever without regularly rebalancing your portfolio.

See below -

The Top 10 Stocks Change Over Time — A Lot

This chart compares the S&P 500’s top 10 companies from 1985 to 2025.

The names keep changing: IBM, GE, Exxon, AT&T, Walmart…

Many former giants aren’t in the top 10 today.

The lesson? Market leaders don’t stay on top forever.

crownprince2017:
May be you should let us see the angle you are coming but fundamentally, I can tell you with a lot of certainty that palm oil business will keep printing money like ever before for atleast another 10 years.

People forget that investing is forward looking, the working 10years ago by these guys is what we are seeing today, the todays work will be felt in future..

The price you are paying today for Presco is forward looking.

Totally true

ednut1:
the west has low birth rates. Without consumption the economy collapses. Give it 2-3 years another frenzy go start

Does it mean they can't allow the economy to grow or shrink organically?
To let the economy adjust or float to it's intrinsic value rather than trying to prop it up.
If birth rate is going down, allow the economy adjust to it's true value

irumole1975:
If you can’t be there just kpai urself . To be honest, life isn’t worth living if one can’t be in the abroad

This is a very very wrong statement and mindset.
If you think you need to japa to abroad before becoming someone in life then you will never see any opportunity enmass around you because your mind is closed to your environment.
Just for you to know, many are doing just fine in Africa

pansophist:
Now that the power sector in Nigeria have been liberalised and open to investors, I foresee a huge Chinese investment and in no time, electricity will be available for all Nigerians.

This is an area I will support for the Chinese to outcompete everyone, while government conduct general oversight and compliance.

BYD already launched in Nigeria, which makes me wonder what’s cooking, because I wonder how BYD plan to scale up when electricity and charging stations are issues they have to contend with.

All in all, competition is good. If you can’t beat them, at least you can regulate them and still get handsome profits while getting the same result. It’s not different from what the gulf countries did with human capita. For example Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia etc all have a huge foreign presence.

Kuwait for example even have more foreigners living in Kuwait than citizens, but they never give citizenship, while maintaining a stronghold on their system, and deliver maximum benefits to their citizens.

So if the gulf countries can develop fast with human capita from outside the world and still retain their systems, African countries can do the same with Chinese money and expertise. There is an endless amount of money the Chinese have, and they just want a market to invest it in.

All their excessive foreign reserve can’t be used in China, which means they have to go for foreign projects from the BRI, to supporting Chinese firms, loans to foreign governments, financing foreign obligations etc .

In five years time, the world will be in a different stage. I still think Chinese competition haven’t even started. We go all see shege if we no buckle up.

China just have to avoid war and unnecessary traps the west are setting, which they are doing very well at already. Time and momentum is on their side, and they wil use it to achieve all their goals and even liberate Taiwan without firing a shot.

“Community of shared destiny for humanity”, the Chinese stated political slogan for the world will benefit everyone, and their capitalism is one of it.

pansophist:
If they do not crave for peace.

Which also mean they can’t give peace, and can’t appreciate those that bring peace. Peace is boring to such people.

You will notice the above from young people still under the sponsorship of their guardians, as they are still in the discovery stage of life.

So so so so true.
I wonder why I am so gentle and cool nowadays.
I don't like dramas, nagging or arguments.
I just want Peace. A quiet and gentle predictable life.
I hate unpredictability whether finance or relationship.
I don't want or like quarrels. I just anticipate and do things quietly.
I don't have time or room for explanation or trying to explain myself over and over.
I just want Peace.
I guess this is because Life has Humbled me and it has made me to be quiet and gentle to listen and learn rather than the other way round..
All my plans that I wrote down will achieve so so so years when I was younger, my business empire forecast etc Life Humbled me and now I am quiet and want peace jeje

goran3310:
You think opportunity makes a thief.
Yes, maybe, no.

What if I tell you I worked 18 years exclusively at night. In bars, night clubs. You know I even worked about 10 months in a strip bar?
Yes.

Do you know what the biggest problem is for girls who work in night clubs, bars, places that operate at night?
They don’t have a boyfriend. They’re alone.

Everything depends on a person’s character.
If a girl is a LovePeddler by nature, she’ll LovePeddler around even if she’s living in a village at home with your parents.
If she’s not, and if she loves you, she’ll stay loyal no matter where she works or what she does.

And now, here’s the depressing part.
Out of 10 men, if they get the opportunity, they’ll cheat on their wife. Same goes for women.
Out of 10, if they get the chance, they’ll do it.

This isn’t some statistic I read. I’ve worked with people my whole life. I know people very well.
I have that emotional intelligence. I know the human soul.
There’s nothing lofty about it.

At the bolded... Using Nigeria here where I stay as a case study, I think most of these girls have boyfriends and are in serious relationship.
There major problem is the free money, soft life and enabling environment.
I don't know of Serbia where you live though

emmanuelewumi:
If na me, I will use the first coupon of N12.5 million to pay upfront rent for 8 years at N12 million.


Then borrow N36 million against the N61 million worth of FGN bond to buy quality stocks. N36 million is equivalent to 3 years coupon, I should be able to liquidate the loan within 4 years and should be able to grow the stock bought to about N90 million in 5 years assuming a return of 20% per annum.

In about 10 year's the bonds and equities should be able to buy a primary residential property for me

How did you do bolded?
I enquired from many banks in my area and they told me I can't borrow with FG bond because it is an investment not with them.

goran3310:
I don’t have that kind of classification.
I really don’t.
I’ll date anyone—from a waitress to a company director.
Her job and her status don’t matter to me.
I care about the qualities she carries inside.
I care about her character.
I care about her looks.
When it comes to her job, whether she worked in a shelter for stray dogs or was the director of betting shops for the whole country—I truly get nothing out of that, and I DO NOT want to get anything out of it.

It is not about getting something out of it rather jobs that can influence a woman to become LovePeddler due to high pressure from rich men.
Receptionist at hotels, bar girls, air hostess etc top the list

AKALAMAGBO:
In the midst of all these brouhaha (immigrations stuff and vilification of Boris wave), we completed on the 27th of November and got the keys to our house. All thanks to the “Rent money is dead money” by LexusGS.

Honestly, it doesn’t scare me a bit as people panic on immigration whatever… I can’t continue paying rent for the next 3 years whilst on skilled worker visa if I have the means to buy. I know if push comes to shove, I can sell in 2 years considering I only took 2 years fixed term anyways, and please don’t tell me it’s easier said than done! I have weighed my pros and cons and I am happy with whatever decision I make as an adult.

Life goes on, don’t delay your plans for the fear of the unknown.

Nuggets from people like Jedisco also informed my decision on stock and shares ISA with InvestEngine. Truthfully, I wish I started early.

I like seeing posts from Zahra because they do contain immigration informations which are legit.
Also, her sound response to questions about things are unmatched here. Though, I still think Zahra and Jedisco should meet for a cuppa 😅😅

Peace ✌🏻

Is investengine a moniker here?

LordAdam16:
is this not the economic model they've used to keep the rest of the planet down?
take our raw materials. send us finished goods.
keep the surplus.

when we ask for investment, they send useless aid.
china should send them aid

whatever they want china to do in europe, they could have been doing in africa for decades
maybe by now, if china isn't buying, our 1b population would be rich enough to buy more from them

-Lord

23jerryking:
Guy, I dey tell you say Brazzaville in Congo looks like a local government headquarters in my state

casualobserver:
statements like this are part of the problem i have with the influx of Ibos and their value system into yorubaland. It is a given that a man must take care of his wife and children but that money must reflect on a woman is an ibo thing. Flamboyance for flamboyance sake or to display wealth for the sake of it is an ibo thing, that you must see the wealth of an ibo man in his wife is your thing, it's not our way.

It is quite common in yoruba land for the wife to be the one with money because in yorubaland, the status of a yoruba man is in his occupation, thats why you will see yoruba men who are professionals or civil servants and their wives are business women. if you introduce a friend to a typical yoruba father, the first thing he will likely ask you is what work does your friend do or what work does his gfather do? not how much money do you have. Thats also why you will see yoruba names that refer to their occupations like Agbede (ironsmith) . Like i said it is normal in yoruba man for the wife to be the one with the moeny or richer than the husband because it is usually the women who are the traders/business women.

Hmmmmmm
You are right about this.
I always wonder why women play a huge role as breadwinners in Yorubaland..... Mothers and grandmothers always carrying a chunk of the family expenses but of recent, cracks are now showing.
Due to women somehow earning more on average, the current generation tend to be more disrespectful, more loose sexually sleeping with richer men to raise capital or sustain their business etc

May God help us because the future looks scary somehow

WriteerNg:

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Their economies are better than ours a thousand times.

Have you even been to those countries?

In Benin Republic, it's almost like a crime to not have steady electricity.

Are you really serious their economies are better than ours?
Of what use is electricity if production and manufacturing is low. Just for household usage? to watch tvs and switch on lights?
Have you checked out Nigeria stock market capitalization? that is a pointer to which economy is more robust, has more jobs and companies.
Nigeria market cap is bigger than all 14 countries in ecowas.....I REPEAT BIGGER THAN THE WHOLEEEEE 14 COUNTRIES IN WEST AFRICA
That means if you are looking for a job.....you have a higher chance of getting it in Nigeria
If you want to set up business....you have a higher chance of market share and selling in Nigeria than the whole 14/15 ecowas countries combined.
There are more companies in Nigeria than the whole 14 countries in ecowas combined.
BRVM is a regional stock market headquartered in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire. It was founded in 1996 and it serves in Niger, Mali, Benin Republic, Burkina Faso, Cote D’Ivoire, Togo, Senegal, and Guinea Bissau. - This is the total 8 frech countries in west africa with $13b market cap + ghana $6b = $19b. The other countries not listed are highly negligible. Nothing tangible running in those countries.
Which means Nigeria's economy is twice as big as the whole of west african countries.
We may not like Nigeria or how it is been run but we have to appreciate her where it is due.

Obakoolex:
Well ecclesiastics 7:28 said it all.
Please never read it with a woman beside you

Ecclesiastes 7:28-29 New International Version (NIV) while I was still searching but not finding— I found one upright man among a thousand, but not one upright woman among them all. This only have I found: God created mankind upright, but they have gone in search of many schemes.”

madridguy:
Which attitude baba? Why Ade dancer no go host music festival and sing from morning till night. Deliver speech and you start singing as if he was invited as a guest artist.

shoodboi2:
We can clearly see those who fund JNIM. This was the same thing France did 12/13 years ago when it paid tens of millions of dollars to Boko Haram as ransom payment for French citizens kidnapped in Nigeria and Niger.

The strategy is always the same. Once you see all eyes are on you and you cannot fund your foot soldiers as you normally would, you encourage your foot soldiers to capture your assets. And then you pay your foot soldiers a good "ransom" to free your assets.

When people accuse you of funding terror groups, you deny it and simply claim you paid a ransom.

Hmmmmmm

Nice strategy

LordAdam16:
action and reaction are equal and opposite forces

in the US, a democrat senator is asking the military to disobey illegal orders
africa, particularly sub-Saharan africa, cannot be stuck in this eternal tailspin without any punctuation
it is impossible

if communism starts failing in china, there will be an uprising, coup, whatever you call it
russia, the west, anywhere on planet earth
if a system of governance is failing, people will seek an alternative and opportunists will leverage the dissatisfaction

we've done eight years of buhari
we do eight years of tinubu
then we do eight years of shettima
and then another eight years of a southern disaster

someday there will be a coup and everyone will be scratching their heads trying to figure out the reason when it is blatant
if you put french people in any sub-Saharan african country, there would be uprisings every month
africa's case is just so hopeless that no system will work here
not democracy. not communism. not monarchy. not military rule
revolving door of bullsh*t

now to prevent a coup, tinubu will have to be come down hard on politicos and PEPs
which will create a negative feedback loop that ironically increase the odds of a coup

-Lord

Agbalowomeri:
I tire o. It has nothing to do with ASI

As quoted -

Chief Executive of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Bismarck Rewane,
Speaking at the Parthian 2025 Economic Discourse, held in Lagos, on Thursday, he projected that stock market capitalisation will triple by 2027, highlighting the potential listing of the Dangote Refinery as a game changer.
He cited improved investor confidence, new listings, rising corporate earnings, and structural efficiencies as key drivers.
“Nigeria’s stock market capitalisation could soar from the current N91 trillion to N262 trillion in 2026, and N393 trillion in 2027.

Locotrader:
Looks like we will still have a strong bull by January

Let AsI arrive 50k first ,we go access the bull capacity.

According to Bismarck Rewane, the economist he is predicitng Ngx ASI market cap to hit 260 trillion naira in 2026 from the current 93 trillion.
That is a 150% rise from the current ASI number.
He predicts a bull.

NairaMaster1:
So being eing single guarantees sound mental health?

I believe it is single but foocking around that guarantees sound mental health to them

ZUBY77:
That's what it is everywhere in the World. The moment women begin to make money, forget it.
Before you take your wife to UK, US, Canada and EU, mke sure toh have enough plan to leave her.

Hmmmmmm
What a bitter truth

SonofElElyonRet:
1. Comment responsibly
2. How do we even know you were just a visitor?

@ bolded ...... believe whatever bro

Agbalowomeri:
Do not stigmatise mental illness

iskalamong:
That applies to Nigeria though.

You see such stocks appreciating significantly during bulls.

However, in developed markets, such companies could go bankrupt or lose 90% of their values overnight e.t.c.

They are extremely risky.

I think the reason for that is the fact that you can take short position easily and there is high liquidity.

Here (on the NGX), its all long with very little or no shorts. Hence, you might easily get away with buying them blindly (most times).

Cheers!

Iskalamong!

Yes. You are right.
Applying that strategy in foreign/US market will likely lead to disaster