Foreign media: Bestselling author Robert Kiyosaki has once again issued a market warning, stating that a historic decline on a global scale has already begun. He views the recent market downturns in Japan and Europe as precursors to this trend, and identifies the AI craze, debt pressures, geopolitical conflicts, and the retirement of the baby boomers as the main sources of risk.
Japan and Europe are seen as leading signals
Kiyoshi posted on social media that there are early signs of a broader decline in Japan and Europe. The report mentioned that the Japanese stock market has fallen since its high in June, and the stock price of SoftBank has also significantly dropped. At the same time, the Bank of Japan continues to move towards raising interest rates, and markets expect it may further increase interest rates.
He believes that rising interest rates will compress liquidity and continue to put pressure on asset prices. In the European market, technology stocks such as ASML and Infineon weakened, and indices STOXX and DAX also fell from their previous highs. Okazaki sees these changes as the beginning of a larger-scale adjustment, rather than a mere correction.
AI The craze is listed as an additional risk
The article states that Akiyama has also included the AI craze in his list of risks. He believes that against the backdrop of high debt and ongoing wars, the increase in investments related to AI may further amplify market volatility.
The report also mentioned that the CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, and the CEO of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, have recently called for strengthened security measures for AI. Elon Musk also supports imposing stricter controls on advanced AI. Recent security incidents involving Hugging Face and AI proxies have also intensified these discussions.
The core warning is that retirement accounts are under pressure.
Seiya also emphasized the warning regarding traditional retirement accounts, stating that individuals over the age of 40 who hold 401(k) plans, IRA, and similar retirement savings products may suffer significant losses during a substantial decline.
He compared the potential downturn to the Great Depression of the last century and stated that he currently prefers to hold real estate, oil, gold, silver, and Bitcoin rather than cash.
However, the report also mentioned that Kiyoshi has issued similar warnings of historic collapses on multiple occasions in the past, covering time periods from 2016, 2020, 2021 to 2022, as well as 2024 to 2026. This statement continues his consistent pessimistic stance towards the market.
