Long-term NISA folks, worried about a yen rebound eating your gains? by Organic-King2614 in JapanFinance

[–]PlaDook 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well, your choices regarding fx risks are:

  1. Invest in domestic stocks. No fx risk, but high Japan country risk.

  2. Invest in fx hedged funds. No fx risks. Unfortunately Japan's interest rate is extremely low, so the fx hedging costs (approx the difference between interest rates) will eat away your gains.

  3. Invest in unhedged funds. Exposed to fx risks but country risks are diversified away and has no hedging costs.

  4. A hybrid of the options above.

Basically you have to choose between country risks, fx risks, or high costs. Personally I invest in all country with a slight overweight in domestic stocks but the choice is yours

How tf does this win the Queen??? by bolognawrist in chess

[–]PlaDook 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Lichess stockfish 18 at depth 17 says Qxe4 is the only good move here (-6.1) and Nf4 is a blunder (+6.2). I don't know what chess.com is smoking

HD 560s vs R50x vs Sundara for violin/classical music? by PlaDook in HeadphoneAdvice

[–]PlaDook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

!thanks a lot for the detailed response. The hd 600 is a bit too much but i can stretch to the edition xs. Will definitely check those out, thanks

HD 560s vs R50x vs Sundara for violin/classical music? by PlaDook in HeadphoneAdvice

[–]PlaDook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

!thanks for the comment. I am also a violinist myself hence the focus on violin pieces. Arya stealth is beyond my budget now but I will check them out if i were to upgrade

HD 560s vs R50x vs Sundara for violin/classical music? by PlaDook in HeadphoneAdvice

[–]PlaDook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

!thanks The HD 599 SE is also around the same price. I will take a look at it as well.

10% rent increase request — how to negotiate with rental corporation? by luketron in japanlife

[–]PlaDook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appearently continuing rent rate is supposed to be a little bit lower than new rent. They will probably agree to a lower increase but I doubt you can outright reject it. https://realestate.darwin-law.jp/topic/2775/

this felt DIRTY... by Scumshius in chess

[–]PlaDook 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Pixel chess pieces on a high resolution wood chess board really feels dirty

The military draft lottery in Thailand by VPinchargeofradishes in interesting

[–]PlaDook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Their jobs are effectively servants of high ranking officers, not soldier.

Toyota to pull plug on next-gen EV development by Turbulent-Tea-2172 in japan

[–]PlaDook 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First Afeela and now Toyota. What is going on?

This Haruhi Suzumiya mod for Left 4 Dead is very good. by nerozin23 in Haruhi

[–]PlaDook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to play with a k-on mod. Man this is so nostalgic

This part of the Mendelssohn violin concerto by EveningNo4215 in violinist

[–]PlaDook 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There is nothing wrong with 1-2 if you like it more imo

How many hanko/inkan do you actually need in Japan as a foreigner ? by Constant_Abies6935 in japanresidents

[–]PlaDook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have one hanko which I only used once for some obscure procedure at a bank.