Column published on 東洋経済ONLINE. Make sure to secure your New Year's money!

Good morning, this is Matsushita.

Yesterday's Dow Jones Industrial Average continued to rise, hitting a record high

and the gains are continuing.

The Nikkei Average rose significantly,

and at the very start of the year it climbed sharply,

becoming an unexpected New Year gift for stock investors.

In this kind of market environment,

you think, "I'm glad I took the risk."

Congratulations to all stock investors.

However, we cannot be overly joyful.

All investments are truly realized only after settlement.

During the period of unrealized gains,

the results are still only partial,

so please have a solid take-profit target in mind.

"When it goes up, it goes down."

Watching the current US market and the Nikkei Average,

I worry a little that a future drop could cause another big commotion.

Moves in price are determined by the balance of selling and buying energy,

and the more buying energy accumulates,

the greater the selling energy that follows.

Never forget this,

as mentioned above,

align with your own strategy and policy,

and imagine an optimal take-profit point

and keep it in mind.

If you do so, you can securely lock in your current unrealized gains.

We have a special video explaining the upcoming drop in the market.

The most frightening thing is a steep crash like the Lehman Brothers collapse,

but for now it seems far off.

In the future, we will release a video explaining the upcoming drop

exclusively for those who completed the survey above.

If you want to know about the likelihood of future declines,

please help us by answering the survey below.