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Recently bough a Sharp Washing Machine /Dryer from a bonus. Loving it so far. Definitely worth it, cuts significant time spent in laundry and focus on more important stuff

But more to the point, Indian equities now remind me of Chinese equities a decade ago. Very fully valued, plenty of utterly shite corporate governance and more than a few outright scams - Mr Adani I’m looking at you. Huge amounts of hype and untenable valuations. I certainly wouldn’t be making an a...

I think the nature of black swan events is that you can't predict them, so the thread seems quite pointless 🤭 Still interesting to think about though ;) I think that Japan propping up its military budget and the fact that the US encouraging this, Japan will definitely be pulled in to a Taiwan confl...

Hello. Hope you are having a wonderful winter holidays. Inspired by a Value Investing FB group post, what do you think would be the next biggest black swan event in Japan that would affect the stock market? Hopefully we are mostly, if not all, long term investors in Japan, and as such we also think ...

I cant seem to find the Tsumitate Settings for the Old Tsumitate NISA once I set for the new NISA tsumitate. I was under the impression that I am able to still contribute to the new NISA... Am I wrong in thinking this??

Anyone here know any cheap gyms alternative? I'm with Anytime Fitness and it costs at least 8000 to 9000 yen. While I love the fact that I can go any branch at any time, I would love to lower the costs of the gym by at least 3000 yen or more :| . I go almost every day to the gym. I know Ward communi...

I'm planning to sell my Wolrd fund from a taxable account and transfer it to the new NISA in 6 months time. I just started this taxable account recently since I have maxed our my tumitate NISA account. Reading a line from Investopedia: "Investments held (in a taxable account) for less than a ye...