Since yesterday, I was following stock market basic class. This weekly-every Wednesday free program is provided by Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in order to educate the society upon stocks market topic. Being include in the G-20 countries on which it is economy taking a significant impact towards global living circumstances does not synonymic with Indonesians advancement in stocks market. With a behemoth number 240 million population; there are only 350.000-three hundred and fifty thousand Indonesians soul were active in capital market. The participation of this-only 0.14 percent folks is a miserable stake possibly indicating that the stocks investment atmosphere is not conducive enough, or the other mostly relevant reason is because most Indonesians are not having knowledge towards stock market.
Even though Indonesians are already exposed with the financial-stock market headlines, name it index and currency rates in local newspaper, exclusively dedicated market review TV program as well as real time (?) stocks price appear as a running text, but in the name of my favorite Salmon Sashimi, trust me when I said there are only a few of the population would understand about it.
Okey, now I am officially appreciate with the breakthrough of IDX management within their effort to provide free education for the newbie in order to gain awareness generally and increase the local capital market investor specifically.
The newbie(s) were flooding the IDX seminar room and heavily enthusiast following the 2.5 hour class. I notice that I was the youngest participant. It is no wonder since the minimum age to be joining this program is 25 years old. And currently I am 23, how can I manage to join this program? Thanks to my rather mature (if it’s not old) looks! LOL. No seriously, at first I was rejected by the admission crew. There is no way I can join this program. Somehow, part of me do not like in being rejected. And the other part of me really want to join this program (hey, its free!) so there I asked to meet with the program director.
After a brief 25 minutes conversation with the director, Voila! I was finally accepted. What did I do and what did I said to the director? Well,…let me keep it for myself 
I now think that stock market topics and economic analysis are sexy reading. I also hope that I can learn so much in this new subject of my life, fixing the mistakes my parents often done in the past regarding money investing (not that we have much to invest), but after all, Veritas Inlustrat*!
regards,
AIP
*Truth Enlightens
Fascinating stuff. Risky business too. I guess you are right to be trained before you start.
Over here a lot of people got rich at the stockmarket. And a lot of them lost their gains again. The AEX was over 650 at the start of 2008. Today it was doing fine again; but at 314.76 it is + 5.5% compared to yesterday, but is less than half the value one and a half year ago.