Yuko Ogura rejects NISA, Ryoko Hirosue saves in dollars, and Taizo Sugimura declares himself a professional… The “investment situation” in the entertainment industry revealed by the stock market plunge.

The Nikkei Stock Average’s wild swings have brought cries of distress from the entertainment industry as well.

On August 5, the Nikkei Stock Average fell 4,451 yen, the largest drop in its history, on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Haruka Kodama, a former “HKT48” member who manages her assets through NISA and other means, took to X (formerly Twitter) to voice her dismay, “Today’s Nikkei has dropped too low.

Today’s Nikkei is so low that I’m crying.

(I’d like to think it’s just an adjustment),” he posted. Former table tennis gold medalist Jun Mizutani, who is reporting on the heated Paris Olympics, posted an image of the plunging Nikkei Stock Average.

Jet lag?

he mused. TV personality JOY also posted an image of the Nikkei Stock Average on X

The Nikkei closed down 4,451 yen. How many stocks were at S-low? My holdings are… Don’t ask me. I’m feeling well, but I’m starting to get a fever,” he lamented.

I’m feeling well, but I’m starting to get a fever,” he lamented.

The recent plunge was triggered by a variety of factors, including fears of a recession in the U.S. economy and the yen’s appreciation following the Bank of Japan’s interest rate hike (which was later followed by a softening of its stance). Japanese equities had been on a steady rise since last spring, and the damage caused by the reaction was significant.

What further widened the wound was the new NISA, which was recommended by the government in a concerted effort.

The historic plunge of 4,451 yen was in part spurred by panic selling by the “NISA people.

In the midst of all this, Yuko Ogura was “deified” by some.

In January of this year, he appeared on “Knowing the News, Making a Rags-to-Riches? ～2024” (ABC TV), he asked about the new NISA.

I wondered if there was anything good in what the government was promoting. There must be something behind it.”

He said firmly, “There is no such sweet talk in the world as ‘even if you leave it alone’ or ‘it’s a dream.

There is no such sweet talk in the world.

Some media outlets picked up on this comment and reported that “YUKORIN’s stock has skyrocketed. Even on the Internet, people are praising her, saying, ‘Yukorin, you’re amazing.

However, it is not clear whether Ogura was really able to avoid the loss. According to an insider

“Ogura has lost money, too, in no small measure,” says a source.

Ogura also lost some money,” the source said.

In February of this year, Ogura reported in a video that she had reviewed her family’s insurance policy. When her first son (12) was born, Ogura bought a student insurance policy from a Japanese insurance company, and when her second son (7) was born, she bought an overseas savings-type dollar-denominated whole life insurance policy. From there, he purchased new “U.S. corporate bonds” of major U.S. companies such as Google, Apple, and Amazon.

He also entered an iDeCo (individual defined contribution pension plan) and chose “eMAXIS Slim All Country” and “eMAXIS Slim US Equity (S&P 500).

If you’ve been turning to Orcan and the S&P 500 since the beginning of the year, you’re probably in the negative because of the recent global stock market downturn,” he said. If your dollar-denominated whole life insurance policy started seven years ago, it should be floating 10%. Many people have cancelled their policies in anticipation of the yen’s appreciation, so it is possible that she has done so as well.

Ogura is unknowingly being treated as a “charismatic trader,” but it seems unlikely that she is “undefeated.

Actress Ryoko Hirosue, who was in the news last year for her infidelity, is also a “financial expert.

In a music program she appeared on in 2010, when asked about the “biggest surprise of the year,” she replied, “The depreciation of the yen.

The depreciation of the yen.

I was surprised to see the yen at 150 yen.

I was surprised to see the yen at 150 yen.

I was surprised to see the yen at 150 yen,” he said, rolling his eyes.

I’m glad I’ve been saving dollars,” he said with a smile.

He said he was shocked by the sharp depreciation of the yen, as he had often calculated the exchange rate at 110 yen to the dollar.

The yen has fallen from the 150 yen per dollar level two years ago to over 160 yen per dollar this year. Recently, the yen has been appreciating due to the Bank of Japan’s foreign exchange intervention and the prospect of higher interest rates, but it is still far from 110 yen to the dollar. I wonder how much money Ms. Hirosue made during the turbulent period of exchange rate fluctuations.

One person who is no longer a celebrity but a successful investor is Taizo Sugimura, a former member of the House of Representatives.

In a Yomiuri TV program broadcast in March of this year, Sugimura talked about investment.

A person who can invest 3 million yen was able to achieve a 4% yield. That’s a very good result. But it is 120,000 yen a year. I think that if you are going to be so nervous about it, why don’t you save 10,000 yen every month and save it in a year? Investments should never be made by poor people.

He made a passionate defense of the government’s policy of encouraging investment. In response to the government’s policy of encouraging people to invest

“If you invest, your assets will increase. I want to tell the government not to let people have such illusions. It’s fine if you are a professional like me, but in my opinion, amateurs should stay out of it.

I’m of the opinion that amateurs should stay out of it. At that time, host Koji Imada asked him, “Are you going to retire today?

“Are you going to retire today?”

But now he may have been right to the point.

The global stock market slump has revealed the “investment situation” in the entertainment industry. It might be interesting to take this opportunity to carefully examine which of the celebrities’ words we should believe in the future.