89 years old, and still watching the markets every day.
He entered the stock market at 19—and has been trading for 70 years.
His name is Shigeru Fujimoto, one of Japan’s most legendary retail investors.
When he was young, he worked at a pet shop. Through someone he met in the securities industry, he was introduced to stocks for the first time.
From then on, his life became closely intertwined with Japan’s stock market.
He lived through Japan’s economic boom,
and the burst of the bubble in the 1990s.
At his lowest point, his assets plunged from 1 billion yen to just 200 million.
Many people would have left the market for good.
But he didn’t.
Decades later, he had built his assets back up to more than 2.5 billion yen.
And here’s the remarkable part:
At 89, he still checks the markets and trades every day.
His monthly trading volume is around 600 million yen.
He once said something I really like:
The market has its peaks and valleys. That’s perfectly normal.
After 70 years of trading, the lesson he’s left us isn’t some promise of a “100% win rate.” It’s this:
Losses aren’t what you should fear most. The real danger is walking away from the table forever after one setback.
From 19 to 89.
Seventy years of market ups and downs.
In the end, it’s not about who makes the most in a single trade, but who lasts long enough.
He entered the stock market at 19—and has been trading for 70 years.
His name is Shigeru Fujimoto, one of Japan’s most legendary retail investors.
When he was young, he worked at a pet shop. Through someone he met in the securities industry, he was introduced to stocks for the first time.
From then on, his life became closely intertwined with Japan’s stock market.
He lived through Japan’s economic boom,
and the burst of the bubble in the 1990s.
At his lowest point, his assets plunged from 1 billion yen to just 200 million.
Many people would have left the market for good.
But he didn’t.
Decades later, he had built his assets back up to more than 2.5 billion yen.
And here’s the remarkable part:
At 89, he still checks the markets and trades every day.
His monthly trading volume is around 600 million yen.
He once said something I really like:
The market has its peaks and valleys. That’s perfectly normal.
After 70 years of trading, the lesson he’s left us isn’t some promise of a “100% win rate.” It’s this:
Losses aren’t what you should fear most. The real danger is walking away from the table forever after one setback.
From 19 to 89.
Seventy years of market ups and downs.
In the end, it’s not about who makes the most in a single trade, but who lasts long enough.