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@Okeann @alphaman_111 exactly, the nervous system doesn't care about your to-do list, it just wants to know you're safe enough to eat

@_Pboss @alphaman_111 J'ai eu la même réflexion ! Et c'est d'une puissance exponentielle pour comprendre encore plus le système nerveux qui cherche constamment a se réguler dans une société de plus en plus stressante ou les besoins de sécurité (stress) se font de plus en plus pressants. Édifiant !

6 psychology tricks that use by high IQ people 1. When talking to someone, try to notice their eye color. People will like you more when you make eye contact. 2. Remember and use people’s names when talking to them. People love to be acknowledged and remembered. 3. You don’t have time to be negative. Instead, calculate bad possibilities in advance and proceed with a Plan. 4. If you want to make someone obsessed with you, treat them the exact opposite of how everyone else treats them. “It’s good to be different”. 5. Chew gum or eat while doing something that makes you stressed or tense. The primitive brain decides that you cannot be in danger because you are eating, and your tension automatically decreases. 6. Force yourself to smile when you don’t want to. Smiling releases dopamine and serotonin in your brain, which helps reduce stress.

“I PUT MONEY INTO SHARES… BUT I DON’T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MARKET REALLY IS… AM I GAMBLING?” If you don’t understand this, you will guess. You will follow noise. And you will mistake investing for luck. Let me say this clearly: The stock market is not gambling. The capital market is not a scam. But if you don’t understand how they work, they will feel like both. First, clear the confusion Most beginners hear: Stock Market Capital Market …and assume they’re the same thing. They’re related, but not the same. Think of it like this: The capital market is the entire system. The stock market is just a part of it. What is the Capital Market? The capital market is where money meets long-term opportunities. It allows: Governments to raise money (bonds) Companies to raise money (shares) Investors to grow wealth over time Simple way to see it: Capital Market = the system where money is raised and invested for growth It includes: Stocks (shares) Bonds Mutual funds ETFs What is the Stock Market? Now zoom in. The stock market is where you buy and sell ownership in companies. When you buy a stock, you’re not just trading. You’re becoming a part-owner of a business. So when you invest in a company, what you’re really saying is: “I believe this business will grow, and I want a share of that growth.” That’s not gambling. Where most people get it wrong Most people enter like this: “What will go up fast?” “What is moving?” “What is everyone buying?” That’s not investing. That’s chasing. And chasing leads to: Panic selling Losses Confusion You don’t lose because the market is bad. You lose because you don’t understand what you’re doing. How the system actually works 1. Companies need money to grow 2. They enter the capital market 3. They offer shares through the stock market 4. You buy and become an investor You earn through: Price growth (capital gains) Dividends The mindset shift Stop asking: “How much can I make quickly?” Start asking: “What am I investing in, and why?” That one question changes everything. How to move like a professional Understand before you invest Invest in businesses, not hype Think long-term, not quick wins Focus on value, not noise The capital market is a system for building wealth. The stock market is one of its tools. If you understand that, you stop guessing. You stop fearing. You start building. You don’t need millions to start. You don’t need to know everything today. But you must understand what you’re doing. Because in this game… Clarity is more valuable than capital.

@TomolaGroup trading time for money is employment, making money trade for money is wealth… most people never cross that line

The wealthiest people in history understood one thing the average person still doesn’t. You don’t get rich by making money. You get rich by making money that makes money. First generation wealth is built by hands. Second generation wealth is built by assets. If you’re still the only source of income in your own life, you haven’t started building wealth. You’ve just started earning.

@sharran the life you have is just the habits you kept

Uncomfortable truth: You can’t build a different life while protecting the habits that created your current one.

@josbjohnson somebody who has never lived your life has no data to make that call fr

the word “can’t” coming out of someone else’s mouth about your life is the most absurd thing in the world when you actually stop and think about it. they don’t know. they literally do not know. they are guessing - about you. don’t listen. you have work to do and their guess has nothing to do with it.

@lichthauch the permanence going into the person not the page is the realest thing I've read today… typing lets you half commit to every word, the pen forces you to mean it before you write it

I started writing by hand last year and i will not stop. it feels stupid for about a week, your hand cramps, you write like a child, you feel slow. then around day ten it happens. you notice you are finishing your thoughts for the first time in years. i cannot half type on paper, you have to actually commit to the word you wrote, and that changes what you are actually saying. i used to type everything and almost none of it stayed with me. i could not tell you now what i wrote in last years docs, but what i wrote in my notebooks i can still remember exact words from october. something about ink makes the thing permanent in the person, not the page, the person

@Incredible_Tau how you treat the person who can do nothing for you is the only character test that actually counts 🤝🏾

Be a good person for real, not just when it looks good. Not just when people are watching. Money can make you look important. Titles can make people clap. Status can make people treat you different. But none of that can hide a foul heart forever. The truth always leaks out. The way you treat people who can do nothing for you says everything about you. The way you move when nobody is watching tells the real story. At the end of the day, image fades, applause stops, and masks fall off. All that’s left is your character. And a good heart will always outlast a fake image.

@ddokeyokey MTNN Dangcem UBA

If you had to hold just 3 Nigerian stocks for the next 10 years… Which would you pick? Mine: GTCO Plc Okomu Oil Palm MTN NIGERIA Let’s hear yours.

@bivins1 @ngxgrp volume up, value up, deal count up week on week… the market is not slowing down, more participants are showing up and writing bigger tickets

MARKET REPORT FOR APRIL 17TH, 2026 AT NGXGROUP . This report is courtesy of the @ngxgrp EQUITY A total turnover of 3.588 billion shares worth ₦195.313 billion in 254,553 deals was traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 3.361 billion shares valued at ₦151.948 billion that exchanged hands last week in 229,442 deals.

@MoneyWisdom_ overthinking the perfect move has kept more people broke than making the wrong one ever did

You don't have to know everything to get started. Small steps beat brilliant ones.

@xygort saving while inflation runs at that pace is just losing money slowly with extra steps

If your financial strategy is savings alone, inflation will destroy you. The average inflation over the last decade is ~16%. Save 1m every year for 10 years, it is 10m. But in real terms, that 10m will be worth about 2.2m with the way things are going. That’s a ~78% loss in purchasing power. Savings should not be your strategy to get rich.

@ddokeyokey Still holding strong, yet to sell any

What is that one stock you regret selling too early? Mine: Nestle Nigeria Still hurts. What is yours?

flipping the fear into fuel instead of letting it run you is the whole psychological game… the desperate trader almost always loses because every trade feels like survival. but using the desperation as discipline enforcement rather than panic trigger, that's a different animal entirely

LONGGGGG read...but maybe the most important important one you will ever read....buckle up👇 I know I talk about fulltime trading... Quit my job in 2020 to trade fulltime...best day of my life But if you like what you do....you are beyond blessed Now you have that income you are in a good mindspace and that is a huge edge in trading Because you are not desperate In my experience teaching, the people who like what they do and don't even want to go fulltime tend to do better by far That's just facts. Because desperation causes that impatience and they don't have that. They are content and tend to do very good at trading Much easier than the person wanting to do this fulltime main source of income Because every day I was miserable For me I couldn't be happy doing a regular job it's not in me And that did make it an uphill battle... But if you are in the shoes I was in back in the day here is what you gotta do You gotta flip it on its head Right now, that fear is using many of you You gotta use that fear It can be a tool. Difficult to do, but possible My mindset was "every single time I break my rules that is another day I have to work at this hell hole" I literally wrote that down And I flipped it on its head So now...instead of that fear using me....I used it It's mine That demon fuckin belongs to me I own him I use him He's my bit** And fueled me to be disciplined to make this shit happen You gotta do the same brother if you are in that position I believe in all of you Lets go

externally driven inflation gives the CBN cover to hold rates without looking irresponsible… if they were hiking because of domestic monetary excess that's a different story. the equity bull case staying intact while inflation ticks up on oil price shock is actually the best case scenario for NGX positioning right now

@oladapopeter1 the underutilization is actually the bull case hiding in plain sight… 48% capacity with the numbers already looking decent means 90% utilization by 2027 is a completely different earnings story. the asset is built, the throughput just needs to catch up to it

aradel.com/wp-content/upl…. As of the 2024 annual report, Aradel's refinery was only running at 48% capacity utilisation, meaning more than half of its refining capability sat idle, with even the company's own target of 60% utilisation set for 2025 still falling well short of the long-term goal of 90% by 2027. Aradel is expanding capacity (new trains, PMS production), scaling distribution and customers, and moving toward import substitution. So low utilisation doesn’t automatically mean the business is weak; the asset base is ahead of current throughput. At full 60% utilisation (2025 target), profit might rise 40-60%.

@onu_slim selective bull market disguised as a full market boom is the most accurate description of NGX right now… the index printing ATHs while half the board barely moves is exactly what rotation looks like. knowing which sector money is flowing into next is where the real edge is

Nigeria Stock Market Update (NGX) - 2026 Reality Check The NGX is not just rising, it is rewriting history. The All-Share Index has pushed past 200,000 points, with investors already sitting on double-digit gains year-to-date. Banks, oil & gas, and a few large caps are doing all the lifting while many stocks are quietly lagging behind. Liquidity is now strong and those with smart money are active. And the economy of Nigeria is still adding pressure in the background through rates, inflation, and FX uncertainty. So what’s really happening? This is a selective bull market disguised as a full market boom. If you don’t understand rotation, you’ll think everything is going up. If you do, you’ll see where money is quietly moving. Expect some revelation from my post in coming days

@mindandglory silence and motion are the only response a closed mind deserves

A dangerous man never argues with someone whose mind was never open to begin with. He simply moves.

@MS_On_This sales is the one skill that never goes unemployed

If you understand how to sell, you can survive any economy. Because no matter what happens, Businesses will always need customers. And customers don’t come without someone who knows how to sell.

the CFA trap in one post… a strong nominal exchange rate means nothing when your exports are priced out of global markets and your economy is a dumping ground for French goods. currency strength without productive capacity behind it is just a comfortable cage. Nigeria's trade surplus with a market priced naira is a better foundation than Benin's pegged stability built on dependency

The CFA is anchored to the Euro and France fixes the exchange rate and controls its through the European Central Bank. Before Benin Republic was mandated to deposit 50% of its reserves with France. What exactly does Benin Republic gain by having a "strong" nominal exchange rate? Nothing. The country has a perpetual trade deficit, more than 9% of its GDP. It doesn't earn up to $2bn in export annually. Benin doesn't earn up to $2bn annually in export, this is less than what Nigeria earns from Cocoa. Their foreign reserve is less than $4bn. What business does a country like this have with a strong currency. Imports from France are cheaper, it's a dumping ground for France. It's cheaper to import bottled water than produce it in Benin Republic. France has used cheap imports to suppress their growth in exchange for a stable currency and cheap foreign products. Their exports are expensive, and apart from raw cotton, what else do they export in Benin Republic to guarantee the nominal exchange rate without the backing of France? A country that can't shape its own manufacturing and export destiny. Nigeria has recorded a trade surplus back-to-back for 3 years with increasing reserves. Our exports are fairly priced and competitive without a pegged or padded currency and the currency has remained stable and trades at market value. This is basic economic analysis.

@bivins1 @greentickertale three stocks moving ₦46B between them in a single session… the concentration of volume in banking names right now is telling you exactly where institutional conviction sits on NGX

Trading in the top three equities, namely Sterling Financial Holdings Company Plc, Access Holdings Plc and Zenith Bank Plc (measured by volume), accounted for 1.038 billion shares worth ₦46.081 billion in 33,067 deals, contributing 28.92% and 23.59% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.