Both the old man and the inn lady were impressive. She runs a traditional inn but still seems to have a solid grasp of modern finance. 💯
@Obsidian-Nebula4 ай бұрын
What one had to do with another? Is like saying you can't do math because you read books
@yassineelfellah66014 ай бұрын
Agree. What's more impressive is the fact that she keeps that beautiful smile despite the hardship she is going through
@Chessmapling4 ай бұрын
A lot of people don't know that the yen carry trade was actually popularized by Japanese housewives decades ago. Traditionally in Japan wives were expected to manage the household, but that included the husband's finances as well. Those housewives often had a better grasp on markets than their husbands.
@AlanLin19954 ай бұрын
@@Chessmapling There is a manga called "FX Fighter Kurumi-chan", which the whole story base on this topic
@jaedme4 ай бұрын
@@Obsidian-Nebula don't be so thick, it is obvi impressive she is watching interest rates and how they impact her biz
@aadifernandes4 ай бұрын
"I don't trust people but animals are honest" Words to live by sir!
@apoe50294 ай бұрын
ok
@cheungdominic51924 ай бұрын
@@apoe5029😊 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
@_Tony.Montana3 ай бұрын
You can trust the hungry Lion to eat you.
@ともこともこ-k3r3 ай бұрын
Will the zebras notice that many hyenas are gathering in the former Great Country and try to escape? or will they be so distracted by the appearance of a UFO that they will pretend not to notice it? If they stay there and get eaten by lions and hyenas, A will be "great again". but,but... I feel sorry for him, so I want to tell him, 「That place is dangerous, so run away quickly」.
@heyjo34173 ай бұрын
@@_Tony.Montana Why? Did the Lion said he is not going to eat you?
@luxushauseragency4 ай бұрын
The old man was so impressive!!
@zerohcrows4 ай бұрын
88 and only 2 billion yen? lol, not impressive at all. I've got a 3 monkey stock experiment in my basement right now and one of them has made 3 times that and he's only 4 years old. I'd fire the other 2 slackers if they weren't making at least 120% of what that old man was.
@0xcto4 ай бұрын
@@zerohcrows It sounds like he's a forex trader, not a stock trader. Turning a decent profit on forex consistently does seem pretty impressive but no doubt he's still just been lucky.
@sharpasacueball4 ай бұрын
@@zerohcrows What do you want a medal?
@anadrollecter71024 ай бұрын
"He claims to have made over two billion Yen." He says he saw this coming but still suffered a loss... This old dude is just gambling in his retirement. And the arrogance of this former pet store owner to suggest he knows more than the BOJ Governor is staggering.
@Danielcullen-gl4xd4 ай бұрын
@@luxushauseragency keep believing the propaganda 🫧
06:03 This man computer set-up is better than most people.
@Joshuamakondo88844 ай бұрын
We need a documentary on Shigeru Fujimoto😂😂
@MithunOnTheNet4 ай бұрын
Exactly! Seems like quite an interesting character. He must have a lot of tales interesting to finance nerds! 😄
@bhishekghusalkar32974 ай бұрын
Yes, He is an interesting character like in a film.
@BryansVlogs4 ай бұрын
for real
@sitapatel5734 ай бұрын
I was just thinking the same thing! Dude is cool and probably has so much knowledge
@hz12494 ай бұрын
He might be one of the founding fathers of cryptocurrency hahaha.. 😆😁
@Shaker6264 ай бұрын
That innkeep lady has a beautiful voice. So soothing.
@wyrdofmeh4 ай бұрын
And her sentences are very polite and well composed. I think she is well educated both in tourism and finance
@tamwilfred4 ай бұрын
That's how most well-mannered Japanese women are. That seems to be the norm when I lived there in the 2000s.
@nekpsan2 ай бұрын
As a Japanese, I am amazed how eloquent her Japanese is. Unfortunately, most Japanese speak in a more rough style.
@TrevorOuellette4 ай бұрын
The budgie lost $4.57 in the yen carry trade unwind but that was only 15% of his overall portfolio. He’s well diversified.
@空白73 ай бұрын
日銀が世界に大きな影響を与えることを知って、当たり前のことだけど驚いた。
@ingislakur4 ай бұрын
Carry traders in Iceland lost everything in 2008 crash. They borrowed from Japan and invested in ICeland. and then Iceland crashed famously and these investors lost everything............ moral of the story. This investement is far from safe.
@teddymoon37444 ай бұрын
lol sooOOOo fun $$$
@manorsolomon9514 ай бұрын
should have invested in india. They are fastest growing economy in world.
@ltk73093 ай бұрын
@@manorsolomon951 nope, it's Mexico.
@ltk73093 ай бұрын
@@manorsolomon951 The only thing growing fast in India is fertility rate. Y'all really gotta learn birth control...overpopulation literally kills.
@manorsolomon9513 ай бұрын
@@ltk7309 What are you talking about?India's fertility rate has fallen heaps and heaps below. It is 2.0 which is beyond the replacement level of 2.1 and way behind the world average of 2.3. Mexico's fertility rate is 1.8 which is very much comparable to India's. And coming to fastest growing economy, Mexico hasnt grown beyond 6% even single time in last 10 years. Whereas India has achived growth numbers above 6% every single years except covid year. You are wrong on both fronts. Why even bother to comment wrong information dude?
Too short documentary for such a complex situation
@poshbo4 ай бұрын
They don't actually explain why the Yen is volatile, just the consequences of the Yen rising. The Yen to USD exchange rate was already quite volatile even before interest rates went up
@ltk73093 ай бұрын
@@poshbo umm they did. The main reason for the recent volatility is because of the sudden rate hikes by BoJ.
@poshbo3 ай бұрын
@@ltk7309 No, "volatile" means subejct to frequent change. One sharp rise is not "volatile". After the Plaza Accords but before the recent rate hikes, the Yen to USD exchange rate was highly volatile for decades. You can look up the historical charts. In 1990 it was around 150 Yen to 1 USD, in 1995 it was around 80 Yen to 1 USD, in 1998 it was around 140 Yen to 1 USD. In 2011 it went as low as 75 Yen to 1 USD, now it's about 160 Yen to 1 USD. Other major global currencies are not this volatile and this video does not explain why.
@poshbo3 ай бұрын
@@ltk7309 No, "volatile" means subject to frequent change. One sharp increase in the Yen's value due to a rate rise is not "volatile". In fact, between the Plaza Accords and the recent rate rise the Yen to USD exchange rate was highly volatile, you can look up the historical charts. In 1990 it was around 150 Yen to 1 USD, in 1995 it was around 80 Yen to 1 USD, in 1998 it was around 140 Yen to 1 USD, in 2000 it was around 100 Yen to 1 USD. In 2011 it was around 76 Yen to 1 USD, now it's around 150 Yen to 1 USD. No other major global currency is this "volatile" and the video doesn't explain why
@poshbo3 ай бұрын
@@ltk7309 No, they didn't. "Volatile" means subject to frequent change. One recent increase in value due to interest rate rises is not volatility. If you look up the historical USD to Yen exchange rate charts you'll see that the rate is crazy volatile, much more so than the rate between the USD and other major currencies. This video doesn't explain why that's the case
@mushroomcat23224 ай бұрын
the subtitle skipped the bit where he called the BOJ governor bald💀
@yoo23712 ай бұрын
6:15
@ClaytonGrimwald4 ай бұрын
But, due to unruliness or poor behavior there has been, as of late, major pushback against tourism here in Japan. It's a move that simply can't be made while major fumbles like this are occuring.
@jebbo-c1l4 ай бұрын
Tourists behave badly everywhere, Japan is still a small destination globally. If France can cope with twice the numbers at half the size, then Japan can adapt to do so as well
@MrMadvillan4 ай бұрын
tourism has nothing to do with it.
@aemi_sa4 ай бұрын
non Japanese dont know how rude they are❤
@Zagirus4 ай бұрын
@@jebbo-c1l Unlike those frogs, the Japanese actually care about their nation and culture. So, no, Japan shouldn’t have to babysit Gaijin problems. Tourism and immigration are just terrible for any country’s well-being.
@ClaytonGrimwald4 ай бұрын
@@AchilIes I don't think tourism or immagration are the real issues (yes, they have impact but...), the westernization of Japanese youth is causing them to care less and less about their own history/culture. So if you have to blame something, I'd blabe capitalism.
This video overlooks one important point. Due to the ongoing inflation in recent years, the prices of essential goods (mainly food) have been soaring in Japan, making life difficult. The Bank of Japan is responsible for the stability of domestic prices, not for the stability of investors' wallets. [Edit] It goes without saying, but the fact that inflation is worse in other countries does not negate the hardships caused by inflation in Japan. The Engel coefficient in Japan has reached its highest level in 42 years, leaving no doubt that the lives of the people are becoming increasingly difficult.
@jagaimo38398 күн бұрын
Japan's consumer price index is still lower than that of other countries.
So interest rates have been low in Japan because of a slugging economy, doesn't that admit that the government is in full control of interest rates? Because i don't think the market would keep interest rates low when japans debt to gdp ratio is over 250%
@ssjj0054 ай бұрын
Is 250% bad? How about 350%? It does not make any difference. Japan can just print money as long as inflation stays under 2%.
@tatsumasa63324 ай бұрын
Manipulation.
@RivusVirtutis4 ай бұрын
That is the mystery of the yen. How much debt the market can tolerate for a currency that belongs to the world's 3rd or 4th largest economic power is uncertain. No one knows how much or when it will reach the limit. The day we find out the answer will likely be the worst day for the market.
@tatsumasa63324 ай бұрын
@@RivusVirtutis It's 38th par capita. the debt stays with BOJ, but the treasury sets fiscal that is the reason. We have money, but won't be able to use it.
@RivusVirtutis4 ай бұрын
@@tatsumasa6332 Per capita GDP is not the main issue. The yen’s status as a key currency, centered around the dollar, adds complexity to this mystery. Despite having limited domestic use for our money due to an aging and shrinking population, Japan still holds the accumulation of wealth from when it was at the top of the world economy. This wealth is retained within corporations, the wealthy, and social infrastructure. As a result, Japan can only export capital. Moreover, there aren't enough skilled people in Japan to export this capital effectively, so foreigners are doing it for us through yen carry trades.For the same reasons, despite losing strength due to declining populations, the yen and the euro are now crucial in determining global capital flows, making them more vulnerable to global influences. Once wealthy, now aging nations have unexpectedly become central to the flow of global capital.
@CUMBICA19704 ай бұрын
But then as a Brazilian living in Japan it's all relative. Mind you in Brazil the interest rate right now is 10.5%. And believe it or not it's a fairly normal rate (it used to be 15% at times.) And still it devalued to close to 6 reals a dollar in the recent stampede (it used to be parity some 20 years ago.) I tell my Japanese friends just imagine the dollar at 600 yens and that's my country and they go crazy oh man how your country is still around. And I'm not even talking about Argentina...
The yen was already over 160usd and it wouldn't stop there, of course the BoJ had to do something, and they buying yen wasn't working against so much trade, they did the only thing they could do. This is not that difficult.
@putinlovehamas4 ай бұрын
the most interesting facts is that the Japanese trader started trade at age 66, you are never too old to start trade.
@Lukelearbomb4 ай бұрын
He said he had been trading since 19, he started using the internet to day trade at 66, he's now 88.
@凶吉-r6u2 ай бұрын
円安最高!!🙌🏻✨
@abhishekvanenooru49594 ай бұрын
thatha you are gold , symbol of perseverance
@Sjalabais4 ай бұрын
"The Great Unwind", as we call it today...lady, this just happened. :P
@reck_er50034 ай бұрын
And this is just the beginning.
@itsnelson1234 ай бұрын
It was just a matter of time that they would raise the interest rate again. Anyone who thought otherwise clearly doesn't understand Japan's economic situation. And of course it would shake the markets, Japan is the fourth largest economy.
@user-ee5tu2jb5vАй бұрын
Japan is third.
@Kbarboza944 ай бұрын
Using credit cards for investments is wild to me.
@ThabileVatsha4 ай бұрын
Like it's insane! Short term credit to buy long term stock! Jesus Christ!
@Chessmapling4 ай бұрын
You are basically doing it on a small scale every time you use your credit card. If you make a $100 purchase with a credit card in the beginning of the month, you don't pay it back until the end of the month. That means you get to invest $100 for one month. For most people they will earn some small interest in their savings account during that month.
@impyrobot22 күн бұрын
As long as your returns are higher than debt+interest and it's low risk what's wild about it?
@AMNG19944 ай бұрын
"But animals are honest" Me: Squints and looks at my cat
@ポダジェ3 ай бұрын
わかるけどあくまで「アメリカの投資家の意見」であって日本の意見ではねえよなあ
@ポンポコピー-s2i7 күн бұрын
日本は国自体がアメリカの言いなりですからね😅
@RoboticDragon4 ай бұрын
So clearly I missed it, Why is the Yen so volatile?
@TK-gd9td4 ай бұрын
Because people are constantly leveraging and deleveraging using the yen makes exponential swings in demand based on which side is favorable. Either high demand for the yen or the opposite currency its traded against.
@my_account56033 ай бұрын
@@TK-gd9tdNow not really
@loidinvest85463 ай бұрын
because of hedge funds selling VIX index
@urbanstrencan4 ай бұрын
Keep up with great work bringing us videos like this ❤❤, didn't imagine how currency like Jen can fluctuate so much
@radry1004 ай бұрын
Joke or what? It's more stable then the USD.
@ひろきんの里3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!! From Japanese.
@Bot-sr5sx3 ай бұрын
is not stable at all every day it changes 1%-3% at least and any progress the economy makes gets wipe basically every 6 months
@Paul-e9x4h4 ай бұрын
Menepiskan hambatan hambatan yang bisa memperburuk jalannya perekonomian bisa menjadi opsi yang paling memungkinkan dalam menjaga volalitas arus kas yang stabil
Great resource persons. That ojiisan especially is a vibe!
@yeardol4 ай бұрын
This video is so impressive and breath giving in my armchair. I stopped at little equity Tesla and went on with the Japanese retail part. Every unvoted for soldier should know how low value ground is compared to FX.
@contentkings4 ай бұрын
all issues come from the way the us exports inflation.
@thunder8814 ай бұрын
Here in Italy there is a huge amounts of American tourists, the have no problem paying every prices, cost of living is through the roof in major touristic cities right now.
@silentbullet20234 ай бұрын
Best of luck Mrs Watanabe!
@y3trex6977 күн бұрын
5:17 Everybody gangsta until the parrot says Don’t forget DL-6
@thomHD4 ай бұрын
Unique to Japan how its government has been able to rely almost exclusively on debt for 25 years with little or no reaction (or even awareness) from the general population, when if, say, the German government tried it, there'd be protests and uproar. Cue the kneejerk reaction "Oh it's ok, because it's domestic debt" - point is, that's not the whole point.
@Hans-gb4mv4 ай бұрын
The fact that so much of Japan's debt is domestic is exactly the point. As long as Japanese companies are willing to invest in their government, the debt is not an issue. Because those companies cannot afford to have their own government default on the debt. If however, a lot of your debt is in foreign hands, those foreign creditors can cause a country a lot of pain when they demand that you repay them on time.
@Dendarang4 ай бұрын
Or, for real world example, Liz Truss in the UK, who tried to go on a borrowing binge and got punished heavily for it.
@delbomb31314 ай бұрын
@@Hans-gb4mvand prices for things in Japan have been incredibly stable for a very long time so locals don't care.
@yamabiru45534 ай бұрын
Yeah, when you work 80 hours a week it’s kinda hard to protest
Bloomberg's caption wasn't right @ 6:15. The old man explicitly said Kazuo Ueda is bold!
@davidcantor2934 ай бұрын
A 10 yen change should NOT have any impact on foreign travel.
@sawlty-suite51314 ай бұрын
yeah! needs more explaination
@GudasWorld_24 ай бұрын
Stock markets need to end. Pointless waste of resources.
@maxencewww4 ай бұрын
No.
@kvarner68863 ай бұрын
0:34 I love that this is the first image they used for "investors." I imagine they will flesh this guy out later, but I like it better without context. Old Japanese man with Parakeet on head= "investors."
@gerrygiovan47204 ай бұрын
Sasaki and Pi-chan (X) Shigeru and Pi-chan (✓) By the way Shigeru in English is Gary
@edng34914 ай бұрын
Love this. I love how the commoners are betting and be smart and end up losing everything. Lox ❤❤❤
@MargaretheDenzler4 ай бұрын
been watching the charts this week each day after work. im gonna start demoing this next week God's willing.
@MopeyMoon4 ай бұрын
There are too many ways to gamble and it's ruining everything. It's so prevalent that you essentially have to participate just to attempt to get ahead and hopefully secure a comfortable retirement.
@lashlarue79244 ай бұрын
Mrs. Yamamoto strikes again... "the widowmaker trade" never dies...
@bombasticcat4 ай бұрын
9:58 he is the master from Vagabond. "Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won't see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you'll miss the entire forest."
Any chance you could cover risk management strategies in an upcoming video? I want to trade safer.
@Danielcullen-gl4xd4 ай бұрын
The stock markets are as big as a balloon 🎈 the real economies are as big as a pin 📌.
@walkerhaw54684 ай бұрын
2024 is the new 1929.
@wanderer00134 ай бұрын
keep things simple. people like to think they're being sophisticated by doing something complicated.
@vanillatgif4 ай бұрын
Fear and uncertainty create major wealth. It's those who take the risk and have strong gut to endure the bloody days. When i notice extreme dips i tend to actually move more money to crypto
@Innoodrr4 ай бұрын
Thank you for your work
@sgbuses4 ай бұрын
BOJ can increase the interest rate but Japan's massive debt and in turn the Yen will then completely collapse under its own weight.
@joshhoffman19754 ай бұрын
Great journalism, thanks! ❤
@pragman35614 ай бұрын
6:13 Actually, this old man jokingly says "Ueda is intelligent enough to have thin hair." The gesture is meant to convey that joke.😆
@DugoKuneho4 ай бұрын
そうっすね😢円安は嫌🤬
@Alan-lq7fg4 ай бұрын
円安こそ至高
@BigFishEatLittleFish4 ай бұрын
円安で得をする人間もいれば損をする人間もいる。問題は、貴方が損をする側に立っている事だ
@user-o-by-Shanks2 сағат бұрын
That’s just what WE JAPANESE want to know
@macmatz4 ай бұрын
old man is soooooo based
@あっとあっとあっとあっと3 ай бұрын
0:34 ここ好き
@bharatavarsha170004 ай бұрын
Make a documentary on Old man ❤
@Shion-b9i3 ай бұрын
経済に興味あるからリスニングに丁度良い
@1Gelidus13 ай бұрын
Echt super, dass es eure Beiträge in deutsch gibt. Thx Bloomberg.
@letsthink19913 ай бұрын
So, A trader borrows money from Japan in Yen where it is sold to him by a retail trader who is looking to make more on his money than what is offered by the banks. The trader then sells Yen and buys Dollar. The dollar is then put into US stock market especially options and futures hoping that when the underlaying goes up so will the derivative. When that happens the trader sells the derivative, sells USD, buys Yen, repays the loan and pockets the difference as profit! All because Yen is available for cheap yet Yen is in demand for high value exports that Japan does to the rest of the world!
@hairbear2434 ай бұрын
I’m going to Japan in a month did the yen just get stronger?
@edjones34104 ай бұрын
it ain't even getting started yet....
@Like_a_Shady_after_monthАй бұрын
どちらかというと アメリカドルに合わせて円相場が揺れている感じがするぞ・・・?
@あいうえお-u3r6i2 күн бұрын
It's wierd they always say "yen" but its original accent is "en"
@mukulguptaiitd4 күн бұрын
why does the story seem so one sided , there must be some people who profited from it there must other factors to take into account, , like parents of a foreign education student coming from japan who got some relief as the value of the Japanese yen increased or investors looking to invest outside japan
@jemiez93834 ай бұрын
The Land Of The Samurai And also The Land Of Mrs Watanabes😂
@Hello-uk5xp4 ай бұрын
What does Mrs watanabes mean 😮
@Enjoy17ful4 ай бұрын
I want to be that old man
@chickenheart76154 ай бұрын
The two prominent characters show why Japan is the country of Anime[
@fretstain4 ай бұрын
so can Japan just never increase rates again?
@ayo-foyewadavidschannel1304 ай бұрын
Wdym negative interest rates
@doncorpening41574 ай бұрын
I inherited a substantial amount of money from my Japanese grandfather, in Yen, what should I do with it?
@GameFuMaster4 ай бұрын
we spend so much time and effort on gambles and delusions (finance trading and speculation) rather than actually creating stuff)
@DesmondMiles3334 ай бұрын
One of the better ways to manage volatility is just talk about it. - Rothschild
@pmhwong4 ай бұрын
88 years old and just trading for fun... addicted to money? lol
@azamanwar31164 ай бұрын
That’s what I said, sheesh.
@jim71954 ай бұрын
old man with a parrot, also a millionaire, literally a manga character