Most investors around me look forward to the shareholder benefits.
As you may know, in Japan, you have to purchase at least 100 shares to receive benefits.
However, to receive benefits, you need to invest an even larger amount of money.
I had absolutely no interest in Japanese stocks from the beginning.
There are several reasons, but first and foremost, the initial investment amount is too high.
With overseas stocks, you can buy from just one share and try it out, but with Japanese stocks, failure is not an option.
This reflects the very structure of Japanese society, even in investment.
It’s a very conservative structure where people act in groups, lacking freedom.
And I felt very uncomfortable with the system where you receive only a tiny reward compared to the amount of money invested in stocks.
In fact, there are many people around me who invest enormous amounts of money just for the small rewards they receive from the companies they invest in.
I find it strange that they don’t invest such a huge amount of money; simply buying an admission ticket would be far cheaper.
I learned that this benefit system is a uniquely Japanese investment method. In Japan, it’s said that people like me, who have absolutely no interest in dividends or shareholder benefits, are rare.
I’m the type who prefers to grow my money through compound interest rather than dividends or benefits.
I’ve decided to target US stocks, which I can buy one share at a time and experiment with.
For the time being, I’d like to write about my first experience with investing.
