investment [Theme]

An efficient economy is one in which the minimum total expenditure of resources maximizes the total result (gross national product - GNP). At the same time, the magnitude of the increase in real GNP depends on the magnitude of the increase in investment.

Insurance companies occupy a dominant position in the capital market. Cash inflows in the form of insurance premiums and income from active operations typically far exceed the amount of annual payments to policyholders. This allows insurance companies to increase their investments year after year in high-yield, long-term fixed-maturity securities, primarily industrial bonds, government bonds, and real estate mortgages.

- I protect my investments.

Young people must learn to invest, not save.

- Real assholes do not regret anything.

Sacrifice is not a loss , it is the best investment that everyone is capable of.

Indeed, when they talk about socialism, they immediately recall the Soviet era. Let's not call it socialism. Let's call it something else. In fact, it is clear that this converged model is needed. What we have been practicing since the 90s does not work here. Now let's move on to simpler things. About whether it works or not. From an economic point of view, this model does not work. When we are convinced that one or two percent of growth is the ultimate dream for Russia, then you just want to spit in the face, honestly. This is a lie, this is a lie! But this system, the foundation of which was laid in the 90s, cannot produce another. Or doesn't want to. I do not know. This means that it needs to be changed. In the worst case, it needs to be modernized, and in the best case, it needs to be completely changed. Enough already to tell that our goal is the struggle for investments. Investments do not come, which means we have to do something in order for the investments to come. This model doesn't work.

- And capitalism does not take root here. [remark by Vladimir Solovyov]
- I understood this important moment when I became the director of Mosfilm. The fact is that Russia is a very expensive country in terms of utilities. It does not stand up to competition in terms of utilities, and in terms of distances. Now in Los Angeles +25 degrees. There is no need for a roof, no need to clean icicles, no heating - none of this is needed. Even from this point of view, everything we do always has an element that we cannot cope without the participation of the state. And what is state involvement? This is socialism. This is what society should help its producers. But our society has hardly done anything since the '90s. Now they started doing it. Here is a simple example - V. V. Putin, I believe, adopted a brilliant decree from January 1 to prohibit the export of unprocessed wood. This means that investments will go here, jobs will appear. But it took thirty years. And why couldn't it be done in '92? It's such an obvious thing that... They exported round timber to China, left, right...

I showed how the Chinese are anti-American propaganda. They do very well. They showed on TV the performance of trump on the White house lawn, with Chinese subtitles. No comment. Where trump says: you know, China regularly destroys the American economy, and that we are now dependent on China's economy. And below are Chinese comments of outraged Chinese citizens the type of guys you're being forced to accept our investment? What is the problem? And no more comments.
This is one of the paradoxes of the Chinese, again, I agree with Karen Georgievich. The Chinese system survived. And she survived because she was not cut from different systems. This is a purely Chinese, hard. Here, the mixing system is not necessary.

Although we have such strong capital inflows (due to the strong excess of exports over imports), the government persistently suggests that we need foreign investment. But the maximum that we can give to foreign investors is the establishment of screwdriver plants. To talk about foreign investments is possible only in a political context - to appeal to the Western world, to ease the sanctions and to show that Russia does not want to follow the path of North Korea and not to fence themselves off, will not enter into confrontation. Our ruling class is not a national. He is a national only at the place of profit.

Russia acts as a donor of capital for the Western world... We are investing money in their economy that allows them to develop the industry, social programs and actually build the "proper capitalism", as they say in Russia.

Envy always brings one loss. Generosity is the best investment.

Power in Ukraine was seized by the former administration of U.S. President Barack Obama and their secret-service network in Ukraine, headed by ex - President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. This agreement from Ukraine was stolen and brought abroad more than one hundred billion dollars. This is more than the state of bill gates and Mark Zuckeberg together. Your investments have had more profit than drug trafficking.

The propensity to sunk costs, this trend to invest the time, money or energy into unprofitable project because the initial investment can not be returned.
It's like a vicious circle: the more we invest, the more want the project paid off, and the more willing to invest more. The more we are invested in the project, the harder it is for us to abandon it.