FX rules are "My investment philosophy" Investment is life’s spice! [Kasumi Kate]

Kasumi Kate Profile

Foreign exchange journalist. After studying at a university in California, USA, she worked in Vanuatu, Bahrain, and London before returning home. She worked in financial corporate sales of Japanese/Asian stocks at a foreign-owned securities company and in marketing for financial institutions in alternative investments at a British investment advisory firm. After retirement, she shifted from the world of stocks to FX activities, writing for currency information sites and money magazines, appearing on radio programs, and serving as a lecturer for seminars. Her books include “Foreign Currency Investment Techniques to Multiply Your Money by 10” (Forest Publishing) and “FX: The Rules of Winning Told by Five Investors Who Start Right Now” (Subaruya).

*This article is a reprint and rewrite of an article from FX攻略.com June 2018 issue. Please note that the market information written here may differ from current market conditions.

No Life Without Investment

I think that if I hadn't joined a securities company, my life would have been almost unrelated to investment. Most of the people around me don't invest. If you don't know, you can probably live a decent life without knowing, but now that I know about investing, a life without it would be as dull as “sushi without wasabi” or “curry without spices.” In short, the role of investment in my life is “life spice.” It can sometimes be very spicy (losses), but that’s also part of life, isn’t it?

The securities company I worked for was foreign-owned, so our clients were not individual investors but financial corporations and corporate entities. I was in charge of professional fund managers. After I started doing FX myself, I had opportunities to interact with individual investors as well, and since many of them invest their own money, they are very serious. There isn’t really a distinction between pro or amateur there.