SoftBank plans to lend $20B to its CEO and employees amid volatile markets
It&#x27;s important to understand what SoftBank is, and why betting against them is a bad idea.<p>Globally we are going through a period of deflation.<p>Japanese Banks have been dealing with this problem for 30 years now.<p>BOJ can print money ( yen ) and flood the world and the value of the yen would still go up !<p>The reason is there is a lot of latent demand for Japanese exports.<p>When Softbank invests in lets say India, ( through Uber drivers ), and suffers losses.<p>The yens released ends ups creating demand for Japanese export.<p>From Softbank&#x27;s perspective it&#x27;s a win-win, they get to be owners of really important tech companies and at the same time  Japanese companies see a demand surge for their products.<p>It&#x27;s hard to understand initially - but don&#x27;t be surprised to see Softbank clones propping up in Europe in 10 years - once the EU has been completely battered by deflation.<p>In the US you might yet see the largest types of these funds in the future once the US govt. decides it wants some fiscal spending.