Intergalactic Summit

Well then! Look at this, I'm making an IGS post. Isn't that wonderful? No no no, this has nothing to do with I-RED, worry yourselves not. It's just me, ol' Katrina, blabbering on about things of no importance. You know, the usual.

So I was checking on my investments in some backwater hydroponic equipment company and caught myself wondering, ' Why did I even invest in this company? They haven't turned a profit for three quarters!' ... now of course the real answer is that they were making steady revenue and seemed to be on the fast lane to success. Perhaps that was just because of my initial funding they received. Either way, that's not the point...

The point is, why did a capsuleer invest in a hydroponics company? What business is it of mine what they do? I realize it's because I have too much ISK, and I feel awkward letting it sit doing nothing. So I invest in anything that looks good. I spread the wealth out into a plentiful variety of investments, to best protect it from isolated industry recessions. But, am I the only one?

Granted, I might be the only one dumb enough to invest in that particular company, but surely I can't be the only one throwing money through shell accounts into baseline companies! It's not our business, and most of the empires certainly don't want us crashing local economies with ISK, so we're not supposed to be doing this... but if you're tricky you can get away with it in smaller amounts like I do.

But what of you, dear IGS? What do you lovely little eggers invest in? Carbonated beverages? Transportation? Mining? All of the above? What is it you put your money into when you're finding yourself unoccupied and needing to throw it somewhere?

In destroying the enemies of the State foreign and domestic.

Underground railroads, weapon shipments, intel networks, media publishers, entertainment developers, education centers, security companies, trauma centers, deprogramming treatment centers, a few dozen workplaces where initial education isn't needed, a significant amount of communication networks, augmentation research and more.

Occasionally I also throw money at half naked women.

Tried making it above ground, but it kept exploding.
Indoctrination requires expert help.
Lack of education should not mean lack of career options with advancement opportunities and on the job education.

For elaboration on the last point, I can be reached Down Below or in my various quarters across New Eden.

Hmm. High maintenance.

I kind of like that.

I invest in just about anything I know that will turn a decent profit. A plethora of various industries all across New Eden. Industrial firms, electronics companies, hovercar manufacturers, food developers, to name but a few. I wouldn't say I do this out of boredom per se. I do like putting hard-earned ISK to good use, however. As I'm sure you're aware, if you can work the system properly you can avoid the chastising glare of local governments when you inject some ISK into a baseliner economy.

This is likely going to sound more pompous and snarky than I intend it to, but...

I tend to keep the particulars of my investments shielded from public scrutiny as a matter of practice. However, the generalities are that I tend to invest my ISK and time in the same places, people and/or causes.

I steal useful fullerenes in gaseous form from right under Sleepers noses.

Okay. I invest in ships and modules that I use to steal useful fullerenes in gaseous form from right under Sleepers noses.
This is not my main day-to-day activity, so that's why I consider it what I do when "unnocupied".

My investment broker handles most of my baseline investments. I don't really know what most of them are.

I do have a few things I am passionate about, though. I donate to the Salvation Church, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Slaves, Inherent Implants, and a few other research firms and interest groups.