The Pandemic COVID-19 has brought changes to the Indonesian economy. The younger generation plays a role in making changes that have an impact on improving the Indonesian economy. Investment for the millennial generation as novice investors also contributes to the country’s economy, for this reason, the younger generation needs to know about the importance of investing early to prepare for the future. This awareness leads to a positive paradigm for starting investments among young people, including students. To support students’ interest in investing, the Faculty of Economics, Ganesha Education University is holding a webinar activity in mid-2021 with the theme“chatting about millennial generation investment” on Thursday 1 July 2021. This virtual webinar presented speakers from among practitioners, namely from the Indonesian Stock Exchange representing Bali (Danang Purbo Raharjo, SE.I) and from MNC Sekuritas (Made Cahyani Prastuti, S.E), while the speech was given by Deputy Dean 1 of the Undiksha Faculty of Economics (Dr.Dra.Ni Made Suci. M.Si).
This webinar activity was attended by 500 participants from among students. The activity was divided into 3 sessions, namely opening, presentation of material by the resource person, and discussion which ended with a closing ceremony. The discussion activity was guided by a moderator who is also an Undiksha academic (Ni Nyoman Yuliantini, SE., MM). The webinar participants participated in the discussion very enthusiastically, attracting several participants and one of the most interesting things about the webinar was the awarding of attractive door prizes from IDX and MNC securities which were won by 12 Undiksha FE students.
It is hoped that the presentation from the resource person will be able to arouse the interest of students and the public in investing so that students not only know the theory of investing but are able to get to know it more closely from a practical level. Students through financial management courses also previously received various theories regarding financial management by investing the income they earn in investment instruments. Generally, the millennial generation does not understand investment well amidst the variety of investment instruments which of course have their respective advantages and disadvantages.
This webinar aims to bring students closer to investment and the capital market. Worries about investing our money in the capital market can be minimized because investment can also offer safe instruments. In fact, the government itself encourages its people to invest, especially in the current economic times, so that one indicator of a country’s healthy business climate can be seen from the condition of its capital markets. When the capital market is quite good, it will further encourage foreign investors to invest their capital in our country.
The resource person from BEI representing Bali (Danang Purbo Raharjo, SE.I) also conveyed his presentation that this investment activity must be started from a young age, with a capital of 100.00 rupiahs the younger generation can already invest. Meanwhile, the results of the presentation from the second resource person from MNC Securities (Made Cahyani Prastuti, S.E) were about investment recommendations that students could purchase with small capital. So with the introduction of investment, the big question arises, namely “Begin with the End in Mind, How to Start an Investment?” Through stock investment, also known as high risk high return. This means that the profit generated from investing in shares is very high, even though it carries high risks. We can minimize this risk by investing our money in classified shares bluechip (shares of the best-performing companies on the stock exchange). In choosing shares, we also have to pay attention to the company’s fundamentals and its prospects for the next few years, whether it pays dividends regularly or not, and so on. (team).
