Japan’s Prisons Are a Haven for Elderly Women

Re:Japan’s Prisons Are a Haven for Elderly Women by matte_black on Friday March 16, 2018 @06:47PM (#16604514)

So what's the best way to hedge against something like this?

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Re:Japan’s Prisons Are a Haven for Elderly Women by dmoy on Friday March 16, 2018 @07:06PM (#16604614)

Start by diversifying into international investments, like at least 40% or so.

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Re:Japan’s Prisons Are a Haven for Elderly Women by stevenwoo on Friday March 16, 2018 @08:18PM (#16604925)

Do you have a recommendation - I looked into something like VTI versus VT and they both have the same top ten holdings and track within about 1% over the past ten years, which on the other hand may be more similar for a multitude of reasons over that time period that may or may not hold true into the future.

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Re:Japan’s Prisons Are a Haven for Elderly Women by kllvql on Saturday March 17, 2018 @03:58AM (#16606001)

I'm no expert, but Wealthfront currently uses VEA for foreign stocks and VWO for emerging markets.

https://support.wealthfront.com/hc/en-us/articles/210999343-...

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Re:Japan’s Prisons Are a Haven for Elderly Women by dmoy on Friday March 16, 2018 @08:26PM (#16604952)

For me personally I just hold VTIAX. May not be the best because as I understand it, it's a large cap only deal.

Also obligatory, IANACFP, so many grains of salt.

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Re:Japan’s Prisons Are a Haven for Elderly Women by matte_black on Friday March 16, 2018 @11:54PM (#16605530)

Seems like you have exposure to trade war risk in the short term though.

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Re:Japan’s Prisons Are a Haven for Elderly Women by oska on Saturday March 17, 2018 @01:48AM (#16605754)

One hedge is bitcoin. Which might explain its relative popularity in Japan.

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