Mark to Market
Want to build real financial literacy — not headlines, but how the system actually works? Breaking into fixed income and want to arrive ahead of the curve? Or simply curious why Japan — the world's most indebted major economy — is where it is today?
You're in the right place.
Mark to Market is a free, AI-maintained textbook on Japan's economy, monetary and fiscal policy, and government bond markets — written to take you to the level a first-year rates professional is expected to reach. Unlike a printed textbook, it keeps itself current: market data flows in from the Ministry of Finance every day, and an AI pipeline re-verifies the key facts against primary sources after every policy meeting and data release. No stale numbers from three editions ago.
👥 Who This Is For
This resource is designed for:
- Students pursuing careers in fixed income, trading, or quantitative finance
- Incoming professionals who want to arrive at the desk with Associate-level knowledge
- Foreign-Entrepreneurs interested in Japan's situation. It isn't made specifically for you, but it will help you navigate through your journey
✍️ Who Made This
Created by Kenta, a non-finance (STEM) major, former strategist and rates/FX trader, fintech founder, and AI (ML/NLP) enthusiast seeking to improve financial education.
🎯 A Word of Advice
If you're a student: use AI every day (ML, not just LLMs) — but more importantly, master the fundamentals. In finance, this means mathematics, economics, and history.
Over the next decade, there will be a serious divergence between people who use AI and those who understand their field and know how to apply AI to it.
Core Knowledge + AI Mastery will create exponential advantage.