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On 5ch’s News Speed VIP board, a thread by a poster going by “Kasa no Bon” — who claims to have put most of his assets into his brokerage account — was gaining traction. Over stock-price swings following the U.S. midterm elections, posters split on whether to call it the “Trump Shock” or the “Democratic Party Shock,” and anxiety over political gridlock from a divided Congress also became a talking point. At the same time, the thread veered into reports of recovering energy after a good night’s sleep, plans for a drive in his beloved Hustler kei car, questions about NISA investment trusts, and chatter about stocks held by famous individual investors — a laid-back shift from tense asset-management talk to everyday life chat that caught readers’ attention.
What people said
Feels weird for Trump's name to be used here
Shouldn't it be the "Democratic Party Shock"?
Slept, so I'm back up to about 80% now
Whoa, you're doing great! Here you go 🟤 (was gonna hit you with a "Fragment of Vigor" item for a big recovery)
Was at the level where I needed a "Lump of Vigor," but sleep really is important
Was at the level where I needed a "Lump of Vigor," but sleep really is important
You mean you want your assets to shrink?
Stocks are up since the midterms
Only for now
With the divided Congress, U.S. bills are going to struggle to pass for the next two years, and that's going to spark panic
Elon Musk's already deleted all his Trump-related posts and run for the hills
Well, guess we just grit our teeth for about two years
Be grateful I didn't hit you with Darkrai's Dream Eater move while you were asleep, Bonbi
Thanks, love it (said in Kansai dialect)
Wanted to, but couldn't work up the nerve yet
It's Trump who's propping up the stock market
Once Trump's out of office, stocks won't keep climbing like this
No telling how far it'll fall today before bottoming out, but after any bounce it'll keep sliding bit by bit
Every bubble pops eventually — same goes for any country
Stocks tied closely to the real economy are rallying, so other stocks get bought up as a rebalance, meaning something like the S&P 500 probably won't take much of a relative hit
Buy some FamiChiki too (FamilyMart's fried chicken)
Yeah, it's up as much as +1.7%
The type who can live without working?
I do actually work, you know
Lately you've been talking about money a lot…
Hope we get to have some fun chats too!
Mornin'~
I hate money, I really do!
Wanna talk about something fun
Could make it from Nagoya to Nara, easy
Wanna go for a drive to "Nyara" (playful spin on "Nara")
Might be addicted, honestly
Nah, bullet train for that one
My savings are about to dip under 100,000 yen so I gotta sell something
So tuff (cutesy baby-talk spelling of "tough") — I wanna be like this too
Nara, nara~ gonna go hang with the deer (wordplay on "Nara" and "if so")
If I had the money I'd go to Nara too and hang out with Kasa-no-Bon
Whoa, what is this, it's shooting way up
A NISA investment trust? I'd be wary of Nomura Securities' management fees — online brokers are cheaper, so if you're gonna switch, sooner's better
Here ya go
Background and Key Points of This Topic
The back-and-forth in the thread over whether to call it the “Trump Shock” or the “Democratic Party Shock” refers to the “divided” Congress that resulted after the U.S. midterm elections split control between the parties. The idea that this divide will make legislation harder to pass is just speculation from posters, not an official economic term. Likewise, the coexisting views that Trump is propping up the stock market versus that prices will fall once he’s no longer in that role are simply individual posters’ personal takes on the market. With the spread of the new NISA (Japan’s tax-free investment program), more individuals now hold investment trusts and individual stocks through brokerages, so keeping the bulk of one’s assets in a brokerage account is no longer unusual these days. One point readers may misread: the “86%” figure referenced in the title is the thread starter’s own self-reported number, not a verified statistic.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (News Speed VIP) thread “Kid who’s got 86% of his assets in a brokerage account lolololololol.”
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