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Alex Günsberg wrote that, in his view, the expulsion of foreigners was generally seen as a solution to the EU's problems, even though he believed that foreigners were just a symptom. He described the administrative system as the actual cause of the problems and said that the incentives for those in power were leading to the continuous growth of central government. According to him, direct democracy beyond central government would correct these incentives. #SuoraDemokrati #EU #Maahanmuutto (translated)

Arto Koskelo wrote that, in his opinion, social democracy was dying. He compared the idea to the previous notion of the impossibility of the dissolution of the Soviet Union and assessed that social democratic Europe had come to a dead end. #sosialidemokratia #Eurooppa #politiikka (translated)

Petra Nyqvist wondered whether the previously expressed division by the Finns Party that led to the party's split into the "nasty" and "blue" factions had also spread to the National Coalition Party. According to her, there seemed to be an attempt to oust cultured bourgeois values from the party. Nyqvist questioned what the point would be in having two right-wing parties that are both "nasty," which would share core ideas of opposing immigration and attitudes towards racism. She doubted whether there would be enough anti-foreigner voters for two large parties, which she described as being empty in content. #politiikka #maahanmuutto #rasismi (translated)

Petra Nyqvist criticized Wille Rydman's desire to abandon the maternity package. According to her, Rydman justified his stance by saying that in his family, they bought used, high-quality baby clothes. Nyqvist found the idea elitist and argued that it did not take into account all starting situations. Nyqvist wrote that the cardboard box bed was still necessary because some mothers started in situations where they had nothing. She added that sometimes young girls had been led into this situation without the child's father taking responsibility, describing it as grooming. According to Nyqvist, Rydman criticized the new Chinese ball, even though his own government wanted it. She believed that the acquisition method of Kela should be changed if it did not favor domestic products. Nyqvist defended the maternity package as a concept admired worldwide and stated that she wanted to participate in its funding through her taxes, even though she had no children. In her opinion, it would help young people cope with the challenges of baby life even when there was no support network. #äitiyspakkaus #vauvahuoltaja #perhe (translated)

Henri Vanhanen wrote that Russia's frozen assets should be used for the benefit of Ukraine instead of being returned to Vladimir Putin's control. According to the Financial Times, the United States had suggested partially releasing the assets to entice Russia into peace negotiations. Vanhanen deemed the proposal absurd and assessed that Putin would not abandon his war of aggression without reciprocal concessions. Vanhanen believed that Europe had been discussing for years the use of frozen assets for the benefit of Ukraine but had not properly addressed the principal amount itself. He wrote that the United States was now even suggesting transferring the assets to Washington's oversight. According to Vanhanen, Russia should pay for the destruction it has caused, and Europe should find ways to use the assets to support Ukraine instead of making them a bargaining chip. https://t.co/9zBKU31Qb4 #Ukraina #Venäjä #rauhanneuvottelut (translated)

Sture Fjäder criticized former Prime Minister Sanna Marin and found her incompetence frightening. He wrote that Marin had suggested shooting down Russian planes during peacetime. According to Fjäder, Marin would be better off focusing on her work as a senior advisor in a think tank and engaging in partying and dancing, which would be better for Finland. #marin https://t.co/mHpRQ9tPmh #Suomi #poliitika #Venäjä (translated)

Mika Merano stated that he was one of the few who voted against the proposed measure mentioned in the issue and described his stance as principled. He opposed the idea that the state, cities, or officials would own children. According to Merano, the underlying motive was a desire for control, as politicians believed they knew better than parents what was in the best interest of children. He assessed that increasing supervision would also be costly and deemed it unreasonable to expand bureaucracy for the oversight of such a marginal issue. Merano said that schools should be made so good that there would be no perceived need to transition children to home schooling. In his view, schools had practically been destroyed, after which it was wondered why people did not want to send their children to them. He described politicians offering coercion and surveillance as a solution. https://t.co/52BVp3EsQf #lapsi #koulutus #poliitika (translated)

Pekka wrote that the playful competition between two experienced stock pickers was nearing its final stretch, and both portfolios would then fall short of the main indices. According to him, a large part of the returns of the indices typically comes from a small group of big winners, who are automatically included. Pekka estimated that both his and Jarmo's portfolios would have been in the red without their top performers: for Jarmo, it was EQR and for him, Intel. He noted that the stock picker's portfolio could easily lack rising stars, as they are rare. Pekka said that he and Jarmo were active traders and did not expect to beat the indices just by keeping their hands in their pockets. He expressed dissatisfaction with his stock selections for the year. Since his previous year's portfolio was full of very successful semiconductor companies, he had chosen fewer of them for this year's portfolio and did not want to enter the competition with the same selections. According to Pekka, the AI theme was also strongly present in this year's portfolio, but it had performed poorly. He observed that all the companies he had chosen had strongly executed their strategies. He added that timing could not be considered in the competition since the positions were held from the beginning to the end of the year. Pekka reported that he had significantly reduced his equity exposure last week and currently owned only Google from the companies he selected for the competition. Pekka estimated that building the super portfolio for next year would be particularly challenging, as most of his favorite stocks seemed expensive, and clearly undervalued stocks were, according to him, increasingly difficult to find. #jarmovastaanpekka2026 #osakkeet #indeksit #sijoittaminen (translated)

Henri Vanhanen wrote that he doubted whether Vladimir Putin had a realistic understanding of the situation in the war in Ukraine or whether he would be willing to accept information contrary to his own views. Vanhanen assessed that in Russia's system, reporting bad news to the leadership could be dangerous and that the military leadership, subordinates, or the president's inner circle might distort or filter information. Vanhanen referred to a recent assessment by the think tank ISW, which stated that Ukraine's successful counteroffensive in northern Donetsk had shattered Russia's plan to encircle the region's key defensive cities from two directions. According to him, Russia's goal of capturing the entire Donetsk region appeared to be further away as a result. Vanhanen wrote that Putin might continue the war to achieve unrealistic goals if he believed that Russia was closer to victory than reality suggests. He deemed it even more concerning that Putin might be receiving accurate information but did not want to believe it. Vanhanen emphasized that Russia's military failure, in his view, might not necessarily change Putin's goals or his desire to continue the war. He believed that an unrealistic situational picture could lead to the prolongation of the war and taking greater risks, and he appealed for continued support for Ukraine and to resist Russia's military pressure. https://t.co/Lb2advefv2 #Ukraina #Putin #sota (translated)

Tuulia Alanko wrote that the imam's statement about Finnish law applying to Muslims did not, in her opinion, answer the question of the status of sharia law nor did it exclude the possibility of considering it important. She described the response as misleading. Alanko claimed that Aw-Musse had not distanced himself from sharia law or the idea of separate sharia courts in Finland. She suggested that this was related to both the imam's role and the fact that messages pleasing to Finns might be beneficial in the long term. According to Alanko, Aw-Musse could have directly stated that he did not want to replace Finnish laws with an Islamic legal system. Alanko finally referred to Jari Sarasvuo's statement that sharia or a parallel culture was not needed in Finland. #Suomi #Islam #Šaria (translated)

Arto Koskelo pondered what kind of right-wing politics a blue-red government coalition would produce, as he believed that the state budget had been prioritized over the voters' economy during this term as well. He questioned the consideration of a blue-red coalition and sharply rejected the idea in his message directed at the National Coalition Party. #oikeistopolitiikka #budjetti #kokoomus (translated)

Saara Huhtasaari claimed that the National Coalition Party was seeking to ban home schooling. She described the party ironically as the most leftist in Finland and said that the reasoning behind the ban would be the idea that a child could not learn to read, write, and think without nine years of exposure to propaganda and the state's assessment of the correctness of their thoughts. #sekoomus #koulutus #Suomi #politiikka (translated)

Laura Korpinen wrote that she found Stubb's foreign policy statements quite unwise and wondered whether the media was attempting to shape public opinion by reporting on them in such a way that an attack on Russia would be seen as justified or even necessary. https://t.co/IzBM0CoMbM #ulkopolitiikka #media #Venäjä (translated)

"Do these immigrants think that Finnish taxpayers pay for adult immigrants' student loans too? "I don't think it's fair that you have to live on loans already in elementary school," Mohammed says. Some students first learn to write using the Latin alphabet. They start their studies in a literacy group that lasts a year. - This means they have to live on loans for two years after elementary school," Mohammed says." The question is why we need such large numbers of illiterate adults to be supported by taxpayers? Perhaps so that our prisons remain full?" #maahanmuutto #opiskelu #verotus (translated)

Aloitan tänään salkunhoitajana Aristoi Capital Managementissä. Hoidan yhdessä salkunhoitaja Antti Bergholmin kanssa uutta Aristoi Arvonkasvattajat -rahastoa. Arvonkasvattajat sijoittaa yhtiöihin, jotka ovat pääoman allokaation mestareita. Toisin sanoen rahasto sijoittaa yhtiöihin, joilla on meidän todentama taito sijoittaa kassavirtansa kannattavasti takaisin oman liiketoiminnan kasvattamiseen tai yritysostoihin. Sijoitusfilosofia pohjautuu arvosijoittamiseen "ostamme 50 sentillä yhden euron" -hengessä. Matka sijoittamisen parissa tähän pisteeseen on ollut jälkikäteen katsoen luonteva. Aloitin sijoittamisen sattuman kautta 2009. Äitini oli lainannut kirjastosta pörssiaiheisia kirjoja. Sain juuri omat kirjani luettua ja katselin pöydällä lojuvia pörssikirjoja. Mitähän noista voisi oppia, mietin. Samalla tilille oli kertynyt hieman säästöjä töistä sekä ennakkoperintöä. Korot olivat nollassa, inflaatio mietitytti ja tuottoa oli saatava. Pian säästöjen töihin laittamisesta tulikin intohimoinen vapaa-ajan harrastus ja syventyvä opinahjo. Historia on toinen harrastukseni. Yliopistossa opiskelin taloushistoriaa, mikä on tuonut valtavasti lisäperspektiiviä sijoittamiseen ja nykypäivän ilmiöihin. Historia on hieno harrastus, mutta työkseni en sitä kuitenkaan aikonut tehdä. Miten sitten päästä sijoitusalalle töihin? Vaikka takana on tuhansien tuntien vapaa-ajalla tehtyä opiskelua, paperilla se ei riittänyt. Onneksi törmäsin @Inderes:iin Hain Inderesille alunperin analyytikoksi keväällä 2016, koska muita paikkoja ei ollut tarjolla. En sillä kertaa saanut paikkaa, mutta tj @mikaelrautanen sanoi että pysytään yhteydessä. Sitten jo Nordea-ajoilta kaverini @PetriGostowski (nyt pääanalyytikkona Inderesillä) pääsi analyytikoksi. Pian hän vinkkasi, että nyt Inderesillä haetaan jonkinlaista somettajaa. Tässä oli tilaisuuteni: hain paikkaa, ja sain sen. Olen käynyt lukuisilla videoilla läpi Inderesin yhteisörakentamisen vaiheita, joten en kertaa niitä tässä. Olen kiitollinen melkein 10 vuodesta Inderesillä: rakensimme hienon sijoittajayhteisön. Minulle annettiin vapaat kädet tehdä sisältöä, mistä nautin suuresti ja se toimi yleisöllekin. Työ yhteisönrakentajana oli melkein 100 %:sti myös intohimoinen harrastus. Viime vuosina tiedostin, että sijoittamisesta puhumisen ja vapaa-ajalla sijoittamisen lisäksi olisi hienoa tehdä sitä työkseen. Sijoittaminen kahmaisi leijonanosan vapaa-ajasta, mutta etenkin perheellisenä vapaa-ajan prioriteetit muuttuvat. 2023 keväällä Berkshire Hathawayn yhtiökokouksessa törmäsin Aristoin tiimiin ja perheemme ystävystyivät Aristoin sijoitusanalyytikon Nikolaos Vlassiksen kanssa. Kävimme usein syömässä ja keskustelemassa intohimoisesti osakkeista ja liiketoiminnoista. Tänä vuonna nousi esille ajatus uudesta rahastosta ja ajatus minusta Antin kanssa salkunhoitajana siihen. Pitkän harkinnan jälkeen rahasto eteni ja minä ilmoitin olevani käytettävissä salkunhoitajan työhön. 2009 alkaneella sijoitustaipaleellani alkaa nyt uusi jakso. #sijoittaminen #rahastot #arvosijoittaminen

Juuri nyt on käynnissä massiivinen psykologinen operaatio saada Euroopan väestö kannattamaan sotaa Venäjää vastaan Ukrainassa. Operaatioon kuuluu median propagandaa, jota synnytetään niin, että joku henkilö X esittää väitteen, jonka apinamedia toistaa ja näin synnytetään keinotekoinen uhkakuva. Somessa on tuhansia botteja, jotka kohtuullisen hyvin imitoivat ihmistä, ja luovat kommenteissa illuusiota keskustelusta. False flag operaatioita tapahtuu. Drooni siellä ja täällä jne. Todellisuudessa Venäjä ei pyri mihinkään sotaan Eurooppaa ja Natoa vastaan, ajatus on jo lähtökohtaisesti järjetön. Saamme tämän sammumaan vastakampanjalla. Botit kannattaa napsia pois saman tien. Ne tunnistaa kun hieman selaa mitä postaavat, ei mitään ihmismäistä sisältöä. #propaganda #sota #Venäjä