“Rule” featured in Toyo Keizai ONLINE as a column

Good morning, this is Matsushita.

Every Saturday I deliver a column on topics related to investing.

Today’s theme is "Rules."

Over the past three years, once a week, I have written 186 columns,

and I realized I hadn’t written about this theme.

At this moment, I think this realization is somehow fated.

I’ll think deeply about rules,

and make sure you establish your own rules.

【Column】 Makoto Matsushita’s Investment Quest

Episode 187 "Rules"

Rules are regulations, provisions, and standards. In investing, people say, "Rules are important,"

but in this context, a rule is a regulation and self-discipline.

If there were no rules in investing, buying and selling would occur at random, and the result

is told by the history of the market. It is the fate of more than 80% of investors to lose.

If you understand that you will lose without rules, investors will naturally

try to create rules. Here, you’ll hit one barrier. People tend to think rules are difficult

to form and cannot take any steps forward, unable to move ahead.

Many investors who worry, "I can't create rules," fall into this state.

This problem can be resolved easily.

Now, let’s recall once more what rules mean. A rule is a decision or guideline. Without overcomplicating it,

let’s establish one rule at a time in your investing. And crucially, remember the mindset and perspective of

“creating rules to generate profits.” If you do this, your investing rules will gradually begin to take shape.

As you establish one rule after another, your losses will begin to decrease reliably.

If you continue this process, you’ll move closer to profits. The result of a purposeful, steady effort

is precisely creating rules.

Once you’ve set a rule, you must not say, "I can’t follow it." A rule is something you should follow automatically. A rule

is something that should be followed. A rule is the guideline for generating profits.