Unseasonably warm edition
It was so warm this morning I had to strip down to my t-shirt walking my granddaughter to school. Eeek. The future is… disturbing.
In more cheerful news Kitakyushu JALT will be hosting a RetireJapan lecture on March 21st (more details when we have them). I’m also hoping to organise a longer seminar in Fukuoka on March 22nd, but need some local knowledge. If you are based in Fukuoka and could help with finding a venue and getting the word out please get in touch 🙂
We’re getting close to the end of the year. If you haven’t finished funding your NISA account now is the time to do it. Don’t leave it too late, or you may find the funds going into your 2020 account instead of 2019!
This week’s links
- Well, as long as the Japanese government says it’s okay: Gov’t says it is safe to release contaminated Fukushima water into ocean
- I need my alone time, but not too much: Living alone becoming a way of life for many, but that’s not necessarily for worse
- Mister Money Mustache is back: Pizza Delivery is for Millionaires
- Food for thought: The World Has Gone Mad and the System Is Broken
- Japanese trade unions could do with being a bit more determined: Japan’s largest labor group needs to become more of a force
- I use a lot of these techniques: How I trick myself into achieving financial independence
- Perhaps just stop spending money on pork barrel politics: Japan’s ruling bloc calls for $92 billion fiscal package to support growth
- This isn’t quite as good in Japan, but still interesting: The House Hacking Strategy
- These people should all be in jail: 109 Fukui officials received money in Kansai Electric gift scandal
- Interesting to think about: What Would You Have Done in 2009?
- I’ve been enjoying Vitaliy’s newsletter recently: How Investors Should Deal With The Overwhelming Problem Of Understanding The World Economy
- These are excellent: Asset allocation strategy – what we can learn from rules of thumb
- I’ve been following Jason for a long time: good to see him doing so well! DIVIDEND INCOME UPDATE FOR OCTOBER 2019
- The forward return estimates are scary (Google the article title to get past the paywall): ‘Their house is on fire’: the pension crisis sweeping the world
- This seems like a really easy problem to fix -just confiscate unclaimed land: Heirs? Apparently
- The ultimate reading list: The Investing Pro’s Library
- Don’t be like these guys. Plan your future: Yakuza are getting old, facing future without a pension or retirement pay
- Sounds like a worthwhile experiment: Reflections on the Disconnected Life
Phew! Quite a few links this week. Can you tell I’ve spent a lot of time online? 😉
Anything good in there? I particularly enjoyed number 16 -hours of fun!
I never heard back on my information I fed you on the various Nenkin/Retirement issues. Kokumin…kyosai…kakyunin etc. I am very attuned as to how they all work…especially for divorces.
Not sure what you mean. This might have slipped through the cracks… apologies! Was this an email?
#18–disconnected life
A while back I explored “volunteer” teaching on the Peace Boat. Tho it does port fairly often, there are some stretches when it doesn’t, and whichever it is, at sea there is no internet. One comment somewhere said that once disembarked, passengers often made a beeline for the nearest free wifi.
That “ultimate reading list” seemed particularly interesting, until it recommended The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Now I’m dubious about anything on that list.
“Operating on an unconstrained schedule, Hassan fell into a biphasal pattern, in which you sleep for a while, wake up and do some activity, and then go to sleep for a while longer.”
– interesting –
“High-income people tend to be lonelier types than those earning less – but they also tend to like being alone. ”
– not that I’m high income…but being an introvert, I find that solitude opens me to the world around me more –