"Please do not be distracted by those around you forever" — Currently published in Tokyokeizai ONLINE column.

Good morning, this is Matsushita.

Why do most investors

end up losing?

This issue has not been easily understood

nor overcome, but as you continue guidance over a long period,

you come to understand these various reasons.

One of them is

that most people think the cause of losses lies

outside themselves.

For example, market price movements,

political and economic conditions,

and sometimes they blame those around them.

But please think about it.

What you feel, think, and as a result, the buying or selling of a particular stock or

foreign exchange market currencies are

performed by you yourself.

You decide to buy.

You also decide to sell and settle.

If the results of this ongoing behavior become profits,

or if they become losses,

then when you look back, it is your own

thoughts, feelings, and actions

that come into focus.

“Why did I lose money…?”

Please think this way and always search for the answer.

If this answer is not found and you

continue trading, the same result will persist.

Our daily actions and results always have a cause within ourselves.

If you do not realize this

or even if you do realize it but avert your eyes,

the results will not change.

Do not let yourself get distracted by others for too long,

and reflect on your own situation.

If you do so, you will gradually move closer to profit.

There is no other way to change the results than by doing so,

so please change your perspective.