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The Basics of Personal Finance in Japan

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Introduction

What can we achieve by mastering personal finance? (1:21)
What is personal finance? (0:58)
Why is personal finance so important? (1:01)
Who is Ben Tanaka? (1:51)
What is RetireJapan? (1:22)
What are we going to do in this course? (0:37)

Taming your spending

Spending is the keystone (2:02)
Tracking spending (2:09)
Thinking about priorities (1:43)
Pay yourself first (1:56)
Opportunity cost (2:30)
Live a rich life (2:22)

Lock in your saving

What is saving (vs delayed consumption)? (1:11)
What is an emergency fund? (1:37)
How much money do you need in your emergency fund? (1:48)
Should you save first then invest? (1:13)
Should you pay debts first then save? (1:25)
Where to save (0:58)

Get started investing

What is investing? (1:24)
Get rich slowly (1:21)
What to invest in (2:15)
How much to invest (1:50)
What broker to use (1:36)
What accounts to use (2:36)

Optimize your insurance

What is insurance? (0:50)
How to decide if you need insurance (1:06)
Japan loves insurance too much (1:36)
Necessary and unnecessary insurance (3:25)
Where to find insurance (1:00)
Cancelling insurance (0:59)

Get to grips with your pension

What are pensions? (1:06)
Why are pensions better than investments? (1:07)
How does nenkin work? (1:48)
Is nenkin going to be enough? (1:41)
Other pensions (1:42)
How to think about retirement (0:56)

Financial planning

What is financial planning? (1:12)
A basic life (0:44)
Accumulation and decumulation (0:33)
Tracking your finances (1:21)
Predicting the future (1:37)
Correcting course (1:24)

The Blueprint

Spending (1:48)
Saving (1:23)
Investing (1:05)
Insurance (1:01)
Pension (0:38)
Planning (1:10)

What next?

Taking action (0:46)
Need more info? (1:11)
Thank you! (0:34)

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