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Rank beginner here, slowly working through the wealth of information on this site. While browsing the NISA and iDeCo sections, I noticed there wasn't a lot of talk about options offered by "neighbourhood" banks like Yucho. Are they inferior to the likes of Rakuten and SBI, which get lots o...

NISA and iDeCo are regulated types of investment accounts in which you make investments. Term deposits are a type of cash savings where you lock your money away for a fix interest rate. Government bonds are basically the same thing, except you lend your money to the government. Buying bonds directl...