Hi everyone

I was in Australia just before covid crisis, and the life cost was so cheap. I used to pay my chicken katsu for 5 dollars, and 6 dollars with a drink.

And I've just heard the price is at 10 dollars now !!! The inflation is so strong ? oO

Because I've got some friends in Australia. They managed to stay there (yes, I don't have a latina body to find a partnership visa, and strangly, my english was not good enough lol). And they got a very good lifestyle : Flat in cbd of Brisbane, Perth or Adelaide, mercedes/lexus suv, and they did only "normal job" in restaurant, bar ... I expected the price was still low but apprently, not.

So you got a big inflation or it's ok because the average salary follows the trend please ?

Hi everyone,

I guess everyone knows today, the western countries incluing USA and European countries needs to update the grid infrastructure to satisfy the utilities demand of data center and EVs.

So today, even if they tries to use aluminium, cooper is still needed because it's very resistant with water.

So I would like to know if you got a cooper mining company as a gem in Australia/ASX or even in another stockmarket ?

thank you :)

Ok GAFAM spend lot of money to buy everything to build data center. Thank you to flood the tech world with your money (at the place of Fed lol).

But in the fact, AI is still a business. Today, Open AI and Anthropic are alive because Microsoft, Amazon or Nvidia spend their own money to satisfy the needs of Anthropic and Open AI because they don't have money enough.

And if the inflation is still high, the consumption will get low and no one will spend money for AI services. The companies will suffer of the environment and we gonna get some bankrupty, investiment lowering...

I have found two reasons :

- The institutional investor listen to trump like Jesus when he says everythig is going well and all that shit is just for a moment, the time to end the war with Iran and Iran war is ended very soon ....

- The retails are the main buyer in this market because in youtube, they listened to the sp500 can only grow up, and saw the chart of SP500 about the last 80 years ...

To be honest, I got some cash, moreover my investment in ETF. I'm not confortable with this environment. Of course i've the feeling to miss a rally. Yet, I'm not convinced the situation can be better soon. Trump can't accept the defeat with his own storytelling because Israel is on his back. Iran tries to avoid war but they refuse to get on their knees. And today, Trump said the economy environment of USA is not taken into account to make a deal with Iran.

AS : I use gemini to translate.

Many people are unaware of how Qatar holds UEFA in its grip, thanks to the massive cash flows moving between them. In fact, Qatar uses every possible means to finance UEFA, both directly and indirectly. They provide the lion's share of Champions League TV rights through their channel beIN SPORTS, amounting to roughly €350 million per year. They also pay €90 million annually via their Qatar Airways sponsorship, totaling about €500 million over a 6-year contract.

Nasser Al-Khelaifi also sits on the UEFA Executive Committee as the Chairman of the European Club Association (ECA). He is arguably the most powerful man in football after Ceferin—perhaps even more powerful, as we all know the person standing in front of the crowd is rarely the one holding the true power.

The Transformation of PSG

Many think PSG is just a typical "rich club." Before Qatar arrived, PSG was long considered a "club without a soul." It was created because French football was limited to provincial cities; to give French football a flagship image, they decided to establish a Parisian club in the top flight. It was eventually owned by the major group Canal+, the traditional broadcaster of French football.

The problem was that PSG became a financial black hole mired in controversy (violent and extremist supporters). The club lost its Ultras, and results remained consistently poor. Before the takeover, the squad was dreadful, featuring the infamous Apoula Edel, who was responsible for some very "funny" highlights.

The Political Maneuver

It was the President of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, who traded his support for Qatar’s bid to host the World Cup in exchange for the purchase of PSG and the creation of a new football channel to compete with Canal+.

The issue: PSG generated no revenue, and the first Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules were beginning to emerge. Qatar showed its "genius" by injecting billions into the club (it is estimated that PSG has received over €5 billion from Qatar since 2011). The technique is simple: using their own state-owned companies for massively overvalued sponsorship deals. The two main entities are Qatar Airways and QNB. QNB has almost no business activity in France. They even utilize companies where they are major shareholders, such as Accor. These schemes are designed to inject maximum cash into the club while bypassing regulations. QNB even paid half of Neymar’s and Mbappé’s salaries directly through "advertising contracts," lightening the club's balance sheet.

The Strategy: Unlimited Wealth

One must remember that Qatar has unlimited money. They are betting on football to strengthen their political soft power. They were ready to pay any price for Messi and Neymar, and they want to do the same with Yamal. Their only hurdle is regulation.

The Consequences for French Football

• The Rights War: The arrival of beIN SPORTS forced Canal+ to overbid, with rights reaching €800 million per year around 2015-2016. Canal+ feared that without Ligue 1, they would lose a massive number of subscribers. While French clubs gained money, PSG took the largest slice because they dominated the league.
• The Audience Crash: By 2017, Canal+ noticed that ratings were poor. A Formula 1 race with nothing at stake drew twice the audience of a PSG match broadcast just before it.
• The Mediapro Disaster: In 2020, Canal+ refused to overbid, and Mediapro promised €1.2 billion for the rights. The result was a total flop; nobody subscribed, and COVID-19 led to Mediapro’s bankruptcy in France.

The Current Crisis

Emergency financial aid was distributed to Ligue 1 clubs. With no broadcasters left willing to pay, Amazon stepped in as a savior, taking Ligue 1 for €250 million. The Federation, with Qatar's support, sold 25% of their commercial rights to an investment fund (CVC).

Today, Amazon is pulling out because it isn't profitable enough. Canal+ refuses to pay for French football anymore, spending its budget on the Premier League and the Champions League. For them, Ligue 1 ruined them, and the Champions League—featuring PSG—is the only remaining interest in French club football.

Currently, the Federation has launched its own TV channel, which is struggling to raise necessary funds. The French champion (PSG) will receive €11 million. In 2010, the champion took between €40-45 million. Other clubs will receive between €4-8 million—hardly enough to buy a single player. It will barely cover their COVID debt repayments. They don't know how they will fund their operations.

A wave of bankruptcies is feared. The League’s financial watchdog (DNCG) has reportedly been told to "look the other way"; otherwise, many clubs would face administrative relegation. Last year, Olympique Lyonnais should have been relegated, but everything was done to save them because they are a "big" club.

Today, Qatar has killed French football. This new Champions League format serves the interests of clubs like PSG. PSG no longer plays in its own league—their substitute striker was paid more than the entire budget of 70% of Ligue 1 clubs.

The French Federation is under Nasser’s influence. They even sabotaged RC Lens' schedule when they had a chance to become champions. Lens didn't play for three weeks and collapsed—all so PSG could be fresh for their match against Bayern Munich.

Once again tonight, a PSG match proves that having a wealthy, influential state behind you is the key to winning in the world of football.

Over the two legs, luck was firmly on PSG’s side. Goals that looked like the ones I used to score in PES3 on the 1-star difficulty setting, and saves from Safonov that were more than just lucky... And yet, across both matches, we had referees with a very strange way of interpreting the handball rule,because while the two decisions were complete opposites, they both somehow served the interests of the same team.

As it stands, if UEFA wanted Ceferin’s friend to reach the Champions League final despite having Bayern in the way, they couldn't have scripted it any better.

But in itself, this is simply the direction that 'Ceferin and Infantino’s football' has been taking for several years. We saw the circus that was the Africa Cup of Nations, and the next World Cup will likely be more of the same spectacle.

This new Champions League format is obviously designed to allow clubs with massive squads to maintain their endurance,something others simply cannot do. Ultimately, PSG gets to treat Ligue 1 like a vacation because of how incredibly weak the league is, while they face clubs that have to play their domestic leagues with far greater intensity. The result: you get an Arsenal side looking weaker and weaker because they haven't faced any big teams, and a PSG side that has all the time and energy to focus solely on the UCL.

I can no longer find any interest in today’s football. I had the misfortune of experiencing football since the late 90s, and I enjoyed it too much. I can't bring myself to say that these last two Champions Leagues have any meaning.

The icing on the cake is that PSG is arguably the most artificial club in the Top 30. Starting with its creation: football in France was primarily rooted in provincial cities, but PSG was artificially created just so the capital could have a club. This club was never truly loved, to the point that they even had neo-Nazis in the supporters' stands. It was bought by the owner of the channel that broadcasted D1/L1, then sold because it was a nest of trouble. And since the Qatar takeover, this club has killed Ligue 1. For the record, the French championship is on the verge of bankruptcy:

• Nasser does everything to ensure Ligue 1 depends on BeIN Sports and PSG’s interests.
• Today, Ligue 1 only has 140 million euros left to distribute because no one in France watches anymore—there’s no suspense left. In 2010, it was 600 million euros and PSG-OM drew 3.2 million paying viewers (at a much higher price than today). Today, it peaks at 1.3 million.

Hi everyone,

I began stock picking 16 months ago. To be honest, I was an ETF investor. I made my DCA every month and I was kind of happy. Finally, I learnt more and more about stock market. And the idea of ETF was less and less convincing for me :

- Why buying a bag of companies you don't know anything about them ?

- Some companies are very promising and you can beat the index's annual performance in some weeks/months.

So I begin and I did what professional advise : diversification.

I bet on several sectors :

- IA (semi conductor, network, services)

- Energy (utilities and cooling)

- gold/silver (i bought more to avoid the risk of fail, so some producter and explorater)

- Defense (military and rare earth)

I bought maybe 2 stocks per sub sector. And finally, I got around 20 stocks.

And my performance ? better than index, but not so better ... In 2025, my nasdaq etf in euro got 4%, and my PF was 20% after change into euro.

I notice something :

- When nasdaq gets 1%, my portfolio got 3-4%

- When nasdaq falls 1%, my porfolio falls 3-4%

Today, I've just the feeling to get a Nasdaq etf with X4 leverage.

what do you think ?

thank you.

Salut,

J'ia un asus zenbook pro de 2019 (oui c'est vieux). Il marchait très bien, je n'avais aucun soucis, mais depuis 1 an (je l'utilise seulement sur secteur), j'ai remarqué qu'il ne marchait absolument plus quand il était débranché. Le pc devient extrêmement lent, même pour un simple démarrage.

J'ai tenté de changer le mode eco et tout, mais ça ne change rien, à part le rendre plus lent. Et j'ai remarqué que la batterie durait à peine quelques dizaine de minutes sans chargeur.

C'est quoi le soucis ? j'ai remarqué que les pc portable windows avait souvent des problèmes de batterie avec le temps.

Une idée svp ?

merci

Hi everyone.

I sold all my position just some day after the begining of the war. I take new position after the ceasefire. And now, my position are very red (between -10 and -20%). My stocks were very far from the ATH before wars.

Today, the stocks are getting more and more red. I'm not a trader, I can be patient, but am upset about my performance.

No one talks about gold or silver, it's finished the video and other post about "Silver 150 dollars at the end of the years", or "gold at 6000 dollars". The last article from big banks expected very low price for both : 73 for silver, and 4500 for gold for 2027 ( yeah 2027, not 2026).

Some analyst said the demand is still high :

- China keeps buying gold, even if some countries sold cause of their need of cash cause of wars or saving their currency (UAE, Turkey, Russia ...)

- Silver is still necessary for grid update for data center, chipset, or solar panel ...

But honestly, I don't know. I'm not a professional, and I've followed gold and silver price for one year now, and that looks like "cheat". The paper silver price looks so manipulated ...

What do you think ?