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Why Japan Lost Its Title as the World's Largest Creditor and How Germany Gained It

14 Jun 2025 5 minute read 1 comment Perfectionist25

For the past 34 years, Japan has held a pretty impressive title. It was the world’s largest creditor. Simply put, this means that Japan has more money than it lends to the world, or more assets than foreigners have in Japan. See, countries can invest...

Japan's Interest Rate Decision and Its Impact on Global Markets

4 Jun 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25

The Bank of Japan's interest rate hike decisions may have significant effects on the global economy. We can say that Japan is a major economy that has been following an ultra-loose monetary policy for many years. Japan, which has been implementing ne...

Japan's Interest Rate Hikes

9 Jan 2025 4 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25

Today, I’ll look at how Japan’s interest rate hikes could disrupt yen carry trades and affect global markets. Let’s start with a story. Imagine three people. Two of them are really rich. One has a ton of money that he lends out at very low interest r...

My Thoughts on Current Markets-181

29 Aug 2024 7 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25

When I examine the average movement of the S&P 500 index over the last 25 years, we are currently in such a time that "Sell in May goes away" is not a very valid rule. What is really valid is, after all, this is a statistic. Because it is based on re...