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Re: Delayed Gratification - sacrificing your immediate pleasure today for future
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Mate2237
on 25/07/2025, 21:28:20 UTC
Setting aside 20% of income is good enough and I've been doing it for a long time.

Personally I was never burdened in the first place, the pleasure of seeing my capital growing is what makes me addicted to investing and saving certain percentage of my salary.
I know it too well that buying things that I don't really need will only make my life harder so there's that.

If you've seen your capital growing, you'd feel the same way too.
I think people should invest money from the early age because we want financial freedom in the age of 24 . All people try to get degree from Universities because these degrees could be good investment because we can do job and we can meet daily expenses which is needed to live happy life.The best investment is that which you will do on your mind , personality and education. If you will invest more money on your personality then you could be motivational speaker who are earning millions of dollars in one speach and everyone will try to talk with you because you have decent dressing and decent look. If we want to get best life then we have to work hard and should not live life with calm . There are people who are earning best but they are saving less and have no money for that emergency, these people could face challenges in life.
The problem that most people face is when it comes to financial freedom is that they don't get exposed on time to what is called financial independence whiccan only be given to them by investment because most parents and even schools don't teach their children about financial education which will be helpful to the future of the young once.



This is the reason why you see many people that are struggling financially because by the time that they will get to the time of facing responsibilities they find out out they're not financially fit to face life parents should start financial management courses with their children as they are growing up so that it can become part of them when they grow up
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Re: Institutions that hodl Bitcoin are growing it's value.
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Mate2237
on 25/07/2025, 21:16:44 UTC
It's simple economics that when ever there is scarcity of a product price is said to skyrocket and this could also be said with Bitcoin Bitcoin is one thing that has a limited amount of supply in the block chain to mine and when that happens there will be no more Bitcoin to mine again that is why am also of the view that in terms of investments any company or organization that is holding onto it Bitcoin investment is building wealth because hodling means that such company is adding value to it sei




This is not only limited to companies only but also to individuals investor's too that are hodling on to their Bitcoin investment no matter what as Bitcoin appreciates over time that is how they are adding value to themselves through their investments
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Re: Is There No Good Side Of Gambling?
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Mate2237
on 25/07/2025, 21:04:32 UTC
Gambling is about taking risk and don't forget that risk is associated with lose and that can have some negative effects on an individual so I don't personally see something about gambling that is really good the anything that I see that is close to resembling positive is the spirit of the gambler they don't always give up easily even they are losing they always continue until they get a win .




But this spirit is what actually kills them at the end of the day because continuesly gambling while even losing is one thing that has recked the life of many gambler's making them to always live below their income and a reduced standard of living
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Re: Is it still gambling if you're sure you're going to win?
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Mate2237
on 25/07/2025, 20:53:30 UTC
Yes what is gambling all about it's about taking risk that is what makes it gambling if you are sure about an event there is no need gambling on it again because the lesser the chances of winning the better for a gambler to bet on the game so I don't see anything wrong with someone gambling on an event that the probability of winning is slim.



Luck and chance is what gambling is all about even the normal football matches that we are playing there are matches that the winning options is not even up to ten percent and still yet people bet on it hoping that they can get lucky in the process
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Re: Africa Football Discussion || Current Topic: World Cup Qualifiers - CAF.
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Mate2237
on 25/07/2025, 20:38:45 UTC
In the third place game that is been played tonight between South Africa and Ghana the game is at the 71minutes and it's a draw as the score line is 1:1 south and took the lead in the first half of the game as they scored in the 45 minutes through mthandi to end the first half.


Ghana fought back in the second half as they scored in the 68 minutes through kusi to level things up this game is likely going to extra time as the both side will not like to conceive any goal before the end of the game
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Re: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024
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Mate2237
on 24/07/2025, 19:17:32 UTC
Yesterday was not a good day for Al-Ittihad, they played a friendly game in which they lost, but the problem was not only the defeat, it was the fact that they conceded 4 goals and were unable to score at least 1 goal of honor, they only had 5 shots on target, I know the game was friendly, but the good players from Al-Ittihad were in the squad, Benzema was playing.



Even if the argument is used that it was a friendly game and that's why the players didn't try hard, nobody likes to lose, this defeat is not good, but as I'm a fan of Al Nassr I hope they're not in good shape on the day of the game against Al Nassr to lose, it would be a very good victory for Al Nassr, in 3 days Al-Ittihad will play another friendly game, it will be against Fulham who is an opponent that cannot be underestimated


Nice result for Mourinho as his team won convincingly by 4:0  as they plan for the new season but one thing you have to know is that this game was a friendly game meaning that it was not a competitive game we all know the quality of the Saudi league I don't think that this game would have gone this way if it where a competitive game.



We all saw how the team from the Saudi league performed at the just concluded club world cup but since yet it's not a good result for any team to be proud but fenarbach has a big challenge going into the season proper as Galatasaray is their biggest problem towards their ambition of winning the Turkish super league
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Re: Simple recommendations for a long-term Bitcoin journey
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Mate2237
on 24/07/2025, 19:07:09 UTC
True before considering to hold your Bitcoin assets for the long term it's important that you take into account  your current financial situation as it is important because when you are going for the long term hodling when your financial situation is not that buoyant it will be difficult for you to cope up the the daily financial demands because with the current economic situation that we find ourselves in the country people should do a proper financial planing before going into any investment including that of Bitcoin.




Emergency and expenses is what can come at any point in time so doing a long term investment will cost you much when you don't have emergency funds that will be there as backup when situation that were not prayed for rises setting aside small capital for the purpose of investment over a period of time is what people should do as it will be helpful to their financial stability
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Re: Will banks go on extinction if they do not adopt cryptocurrencies?
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Mate2237
on 24/07/2025, 18:53:31 UTC
This statement by Trump's son is a figure of speech that he used in conveying a message because with the rate at which crypto currency is on the rise it's definitely going to affect the banking sector but I don't think that banks will go extinct simply because they didn't not adopt crypto currency we all know the role of the banking sector so it will not be possible for banks to go extinct.




I think that Bitcoin is reshaping the financial world this is the reason why calls like this is coming so that banks can incorporate crypto into the banking systems will will be more effective for users this could be seen as adopting to the changing environment that the financial sector is gradually experiencing
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Re: Investment is for everyone
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Mate2237
on 24/07/2025, 18:39:53 UTC
Investment is an issue of determination not necessarily having the big money bag because a person has to have investment mindset before investing the world richest people are people who see and have investment mindset, people don't has to invest with big money what is important is the willingness to invest.



There are different models of investment which will help those who are not financially buoyant people to invest for instant a person can set aside little resources aside for the purpose of investing monthly or even quarterly so investing is one thing that is not only for the rich but also for all who are willing to invest
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Re: Be a good example — CEO takes his salary in bitcoin.
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Mate2237
on 24/07/2025, 18:19:37 UTC
This is a good one as the CEO of this company is showing an an example by collecting his salary in Bitcoin this will go a long way to protecting the image of Bitcoin an set the tune for others to follow because when people who are in authority like this lead by example it will send a message to those who are below them and they are likely to follow



It's one thing for company's and organizations in invest in Bitcoin but it really difficult for the employees of such companies to receive their pay in Bitcoin I personally believe that this move will set the right message to those who are still skeptical about Bitcoin
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Re: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread
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Mate2237
on 23/07/2025, 16:53:40 UTC
This has been all said around that the evolution of football has indeed shifted towards a more operational team orientated approach which I think this can sometimes overlap the individual brilliant, the old game did have a certain charm, with players like Ronaldinho showcasing Thier skills, well I think are really right that Brazil and Argentina have consistently produced some top notch well talented players and to me I feel it not surprising given that much passion for football in those countries, we all have a great idea that the sport has long been a way out of progress for many years in south African countries which has added a layer of depth to the players dedication and drive despite the change in the games, watching Brazil and Argentina at the world cup I s always kind of thrilling to me.
What you are calling "more operational team orientated approach" for me means one simple thing: killing the essence of the game. You mention Ronaldinho, if today Ronaldinho was a 12-year-old boy his manager would probably tell him to stop doing tricks, to quickly pass the ball, and to put on some muscles. They don't want talent, they want soldiers, they want players who do what they are told to. For me football is losing a lot of magic and the fact that even Brazilian players are losing this magic says a lot. Athletically now football players are all insane, technically is a disaster, the level significantly dropped.

Im still surprised on how we dont see yet at least one good player from the whole south asia and even including India we still didnt see any good player for there, im not expecting a whole national team making good steps towards becoming a contender to be in the next world cup, but at least to see 1 between so many millions reaching europe.

How can they be this bad?
I guess it's mainly because football is not the main sport. Sometimes we see things from a European/South American point of view, where there is football, more football, and more football again, and then some other sport. I don't know a lot about sports in India but I guess that cricket is way more popular than football; same goes with China where they focus more on individual sports rather than teams. Japan for example have been investing a lot of time and money promoting football because until 20-30 years ago it was not very popular and I think that still nowadays baseball is more popular than football.

Improving a national team requires decades of work because you have to create and grow a few generations of players, it's not something that you can do in a few years, it requires a huge amount of organization and planning.
Sorry for answer this late.

I know this is the main answer they give about this, they said is not his first sport, and is ok, but if we look into it you see they hace so  much population so even being the third sport they have to produce something and that is not happening at all.

For example in Spain basquet is not their main sports but they keep making good players, and you can pick any sport in any country and see it.
I don't think it's possible to compare countries like Spain and many of the Asian countries, Spain have way more resources to invest than the average Asian country.
No I don't think so because when you talk about football it depends on the country's priority if they are interested in investing in football or not there are lot of poor countries even in Europe that are doing well in sports because they have given priority to sports.




Not all countries in Asia is poor what you will say is that they have not invested well in sport that is why football in Asia is not as developed as that of European countries and off recent I think that Asian countries like China has made significant improvements in terms of investment in sport using football as an example
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Re: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024
by
Mate2237
on 23/07/2025, 16:35:27 UTC

https://dailypost.ng/2025/07/20/no-player-should-be-given-absolute-power-al-sheikh-slams-al-nassr-over-ronaldo/
Ronaldo is known from the early days of his career to have had some level of influence on his clubs and national team. He sometimes influences the players and coaches that the club management hires. This is also the case in Al Nassr. It is believed that he was behind the sacking of coach Stefano Pioli and the replacement with Jorge Jesus. He also used his reputation to influence the sacking of the club's CEO Majed Jamaan Al-Sorour and he also made sure the club replaced him with his close friend Jose Semedo.

Former Saudi Arabian Football Federation Spokesman, Mohammed Al-Sheikh, has frowned at this excess power given to the Portuguese captain. Al-Sheikh appreciates Ronaldo's positive contributions to the SPL but he thinks that his powers should have limits.
Before he continues with complaining about the too much power given Ronaldo,  he should look back and tell us what the SPL was like few years back without Ronaldo,  I am not saying he should be the sole decider of how things happens in that team but at same time his influence on the team and the league as a whole is one that cannot be over looked and deserving of certain preferences because he is not just skilled and talented but experienced and influential which was gotten from hard work and most times he has influenced decisions,  it has always turned out in the favour of the team so I do not think it is so much because he has not obviously abused the power recently.
I totally agree with the statement because when you give too much authority to a player no matter the influence that he commands it's bad for the general team performance because that player becomes too proud and autocratic over time and it will bring friction in the team which will cause division within the squad.



No player should be seen as too big for a club any player that feels that he is bigger than the club should be shown the exit door because football is a team sport not an individual sport because no matter how good a player is he can't form a team on his own
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Re: consequenced of promoting illegal casinos.
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Mate2237
on 23/07/2025, 16:22:19 UTC
This is a new move but you would have mentioned the country because this is a general board where everyone is but with the current gambling market where you are seeing different casinos come into the market it's important that governments do a sanitization of the casino market because obviously there are allot of fake casinos that are not reliable promising things that they are not capable of.



It's important that you take your time and do a proper background work before promote any casino so that you don't used by casinos which will close and put you in problem
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Re: When gambling what do you measure? Luck or chances?
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Mate2237
on 23/07/2025, 15:58:15 UTC
Both comes to play because critically looking at the topic you will understand that winning in gambling can't be differentiated from luck and chance the both are connected as luck and chance goes together luck because gambling is one thing that is difficult to predict even though sometimes we try to predict due to the performance of a team based on current form but still yet that is not a guarantee that the team will deliver.



Chance also play a role because someone mostly on on slots games you may be chanced to win as the games are programmed which most people call luck but actually the game is structured in such a way that everyone playing have equal chances of winning
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Re: Drinking vs Gambling
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Mate2237
on 23/07/2025, 15:46:33 UTC
Why is it that alcohol ads are everywhere and they are easily bought in stores nationwide with only a warning of only drinking moderately and yet gambling is not allowed to be the same?

In roads, there are ads of alcohol. Where funnily enough is you shouldn't drink in. While driving. But still there are big ads and multiple ones in roads about alcohol and the warning that says Drink Responsibly. Does that one warning make it safer?

Why can't we just do the same with gambling? Alcohol consumption is extremely risky not only to the person consuming it but to the people around him. There have been so many cases of crimes due to alcohol consumption. Many people's health destroyed. So what makes it ok for alcohol ads to continue in public but not gambling?

Alcohol has been part of society and culture for a long time, so it’s advertised everywhere and easy to buy. Even though it’s risky and causes problems, people accept it as normal with a “drink responsibly” warning.
Gambling is different  it can quickly ruin people and families, so governments limit its ads and availability to protect people. Just putting “play responsibly” isn’t enough for gambling like it is for alcohol.

Gambling and alcohol are both intertwined with society and culture. Some of them may be more harmful than others. But what I think is that after drinking alcohol every physical, mental and financial loss affects your family life. You are losing money through gambling, but at the same time you are winning sometimes and having fun. I am not saying that you should gamble, but if you can play in moderation, your losses will be much less, but if you continue to drink alcohol even in small amounts, it will have a negative impact on your health and family.
Both things will harm you according to their own different characteristics, but one thing is the same, the end result of both is disaster, "Only in the case of gambling if it is uncontrolled". However, I think drugs are more harmful and disastrous than gambling, because if you can gamble within a limited range by following the rules, then it will never be harmful to you, rather you can enjoy entertainment through it, but in the case of drugs, "there is no such thing as a small amount or once", even if you drink a small amount, also that it is terribly harmful. So all in all, if you can control yourself in gambling, then it is good and entertaining, but in the case of drugs, there is no point in talking about a small or large amount, here even a small amount can cause you disaster, so you have to stay away from drugs completely.
You're right what is important is the end product of what is going to happen to you when you expose yourself too much to both gambling and drinking because both habits if not well controlled can lead to disaster because they are not good habits that someone should expose himself to.


Even though that government is no too concerned about drinking as the way they take gambling it is important that people should be careful with the way that they drink because drinking has the same effect as gambling because anyone can get addicted to drinking too
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Re: Trading psychology
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Mate2237
on 22/07/2025, 14:42:03 UTC
Psychology is a crucial aspect of trading and I think it's important for traders to study this as a course before they think of trading... psychology involves a lot, emotional discipline, mental focus and a whole lot of things included.. building a strong mindset is important if you really want to make progress when it comes to trading, the reason why people do revenge trading is because they can't control their emotions
Trading psychology is one thing that is important because it's one thing that helps in determining the success of any trade  the mental and psychological state of the trader is important I will support your view that any intending trader should have a course in mental evaluation as it will set that person in the right direction as far as trading is concerned.



Giving attention to psychology in trading can enhance the outcome of any trade trading is one thing that is a serious matter which needs a right mindset
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Re: Will E-shopping sites ever accept bitcoin?
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Mate2237
on 22/07/2025, 14:16:36 UTC
Accepting bitcoin payments will benefit it and help BTC become more popular but if we stand in the position of the business. Honestly, I don't see any benefit to them or their customers so I don't think they will implement it anytime soon.

Most of these online shopping platforms have return and refund policies. Just think, how complicated and costly would it be for businesses to issue refunds when the price of bitcoin fluctuates hourly? Not to mention transaction fees are also a problem because most of the items on Shopee are cheap items, as you mentioned.

By the way, Uber has not officially accepted direct payments in bitcoin or cryptocurrency, it is all just plans.




https://finance.yahoo.com/news/uber-once-again-considering-crypto-030119942.html
Uber considering to accept crypto currency again is a sign that they may have regretted their previous decision to suspend accepting crypto currency this to me shows that they may have not imagined that crypto currency must have developed into what we are seeing today.



With the way that the world is going it's only good that any company that is thinking about the growth and future of their company should think the way of crypto especially stable coins like Bitcoin which has become a global asset due to it nature
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Re: UK government fools will sell the bitcoin
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Mate2237
on 22/07/2025, 14:04:19 UTC
This is a welcome development because even if the money that will be realized from the sale of the seized Bitcoin due to fraud and other irregularities it will be a good thing because it will go a long way in taking away the pressure from the economy, with the UK government moving towards the way of Bitcoin so that it can be used in solving their immediate problems is a sign that Bitcoin has become an alternative source of income even for countries who are looking for a way out.





More countries are opening their doors to Bitcoin because they are beginning to realize that Bitcoin has become a global asset that is in high adoption rate due to the fact that can be trusted, this is a wake up call for people who has not yet realized the potentials that Bitcoin has to do so because Bitcoin is one assets that is worth investing into
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Re: your bitcoin is not yours.
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Mate2237
on 22/07/2025, 13:52:38 UTC
I think that this issue about holding Bitcoin for the long term has been over flogged by many persons on this forum and the answer that I always give is that selling or hodling your Bitcoin assets either on the long term or short term is an individual thing because alot of person's has different views and plans while investing so it will depends on the plans of the investors, while we encourage people to invest for the long it should not also be seen as an abnormality if anyone invest in the short term.




We should not forget that the reason why people do invest is for profit making which will be used in solving immediate problems so until an individual grows up to attain a particular level in their financial life people will always invest in the short term
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Re: what is next for bitcoin?
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Mate2237
on 22/07/2025, 13:40:37 UTC
Bitcoin has already surpassed expectations as it's price is rising every day what is next for bitcoin is that the future of Bitcoin is full of hopes and promises because Bitcoin is hitting all time high this year already because of the success that Bitcoin has recorded so far there are allot of countries that are showing interest in Bitcoin because of the economic benefit that Bitcoin offers.


Criminal minded people has been there always as they will try and hide under the umbrella of Bitcoin to scam people so the most important thing is that investors in Bitcoin should be careful do that they don't fall victims to such people because alot of person's are leveraging on the opportunities that are abound in Bitcoin