“East Asia Economic Online” column now published. I have started writing the manuscript for a book about stocks.

Good morning, this is Matsushita.

Right now I am working on the manuscript for a book about stocks.

I’ve proposed this several times before,

but it didn’t come to fruition easily, and now at last

it seems we are on the path to making it a reality.

Until now, I have written five books.

The last time I dedicated myself to manuscript writing was

from the summer to autumn of 2011,

which was more than six years ago, a long time indeed.

Moreover, since this is my first stock market book,

I’m looking forward to writing it myself.

Having passed 16 years since I started investing,

I’ll do my best to write a book about stocks that I can convey to you now.

That kind of book, I will strive to write.

The table of contents is already complete,

and as a goal or plan,

I intend to write a manuscript of 150,000 characters.

Even though 150,000 characters may not seem like much,

it is the equivalent of 375 sheets of 400-character manuscript paper from the old days.

That sounds a bit overwhelming. (laughs)

When I first wrote a book in 2009,

I wondered if I could really write the manuscript,

but now I feel I can manage this 375 sheets of 400-character manuscript paper somehow,

and that I can make it work.

After becoming an investor/trader,

I can also become a writer.

Writing novels is not possible, but

I can write a book about investment know-how.

I was writing the manuscript yesterday as well,

and I had this idea to print the charts of 33 stocks on A4 paper,

lay them out on the room floor,

and observe them.

From those, I selected five sets, 11 sheets of charts,

and progressed with the manuscript.

I don’t want to give away spoilers, so

I’ll leave the content here for now, but

while writing the manuscript, I thought, “This book will be interesting.”

Since it’s a book I’m writing,

it will be unlike anything that has existed before,

a book that no one has written, I think it will be that kind of book.

To that extent, the writing part will be hard.

Because it’s original, there are parts where I create my own logic,

and those parts consume time and energy.

Today, after posting this column,

I will write the manuscript.

I hope you will enjoy it and

gain new and deeper understanding,

and take pleasure in it,

as I imagine bringing joy to you all, I will do my best.

Now, I’ll start writing the manuscript.