07 — Asset Growth Record
The numerical history and “soil data” of the Asset Garden.
The Asset Growth Record is the chronological record of the Asset Garden’s numerical development.
It records how the garden’s numbers change over time, while placing those numbers within the broader context of Seasons, Inner Weather, Watering, Quietness, and cultural growth.
The Asset Growth Record is not a performance chart.
It is part of the documentation architecture of AGM and serves as a historical record of the garden.
1. Purpose of the Asset Growth Record
The Asset Growth Record serves several cultural functions:
- preserves the numerical history of the garden
- shows how numbers behave across different Seasons
- provides soil data — the conditions surrounding the numbers
- supports long-term continuity and reflection
- connects numerical development with cultural development
- becomes part of AGM’s long-term cultural memory
The Asset Growth Record is not a scoreboard.
It is a historical document.
Its purpose is not to determine whether a garden is performing better or worse than another garden.
Its purpose is to preserve what actually happened.
2. What the Asset Growth Record Contains
The Asset Growth Record can include:
- Date
- Market Value
- Gain/Loss
- Return Rate
- Total Investment
- Published Stories
- Soil Data — the psychological and cultural conditions surrounding the numerical record
These elements allow the numerical history of the Asset Garden to remain connected to the human and cultural context in which it developed.
The numbers are important.
But they are not the whole garden.
3. The Actual Asset Growth Record
The following is the full numerical history of the Asset Garden from:
Nov 23, 2025 → Sep 5, 2026
It includes Market Value, Gain/Loss, Return Rate, Total Investment, and Published Stories.
This record is not presented as an investment performance ranking.
It is presented as the actual historical record of one Asset Garden.
Asset Growth Record — Full Data
September 2026
| Date | Market Value | Gain/Loss | Return Rate | Total Investment | Published Stories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | ¥190,620 | ¥10,620 | 5.9% | ¥180,000 | Episode 32: From "For Myself" to "For Everyone" — Asset Building for All |
August 2026
| Date | Market Value | Gain/Loss | Return Rate | Total Investment | Published Stories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2026 | ¥194,172 | ¥14,172 | 7.9% | ¥180,000 | – |
| Aug 22, 2026 | ¥192,171 | ¥12,171 | 6.8% | ¥180,000 | – |
| Aug 15, 2026 | ¥194,252 | ¥14,252 | 7.9% | ¥180,000 | Episode 31: Yuto and the UNICEF Donation |
| Aug 8, 2026 | ¥172,529 | ¥12,529 | 7.8% | ¥160,000 | – |
| Aug 1, 2026 | ¥169,529 | ¥9,529 | 6.0% | ¥160,000 | Episode 30: Yuto and SDGs |
July 2026
| Date | Market Value | Gain/Loss | Return Rate | Total Investment | Published Stories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2026 | ¥171,584 | ¥11,584 | 7.2% | ¥160,000 | – |
| Jul 18, 2026 | ¥172,302 | ¥12,302 | 7.7% | ¥160,000 | – |
| Jul 11, 2026 | ¥152,280 | ¥12,280 | 8.8% | ¥140,000 | Ep. 29: The Night the Liquid Fertilizer Ran Out |
| Jul 4, 2026 | ¥151,210 | ¥11,210 | 8.0% | ¥140,000 | – |
June 2026
| Date | Market Value | Gain/Loss | Return Rate | Total Investment | Published Stories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | ¥149,941 | ¥9,941 | 7.1% | ¥140,000 | – |
| Jun 20, 2026 | ¥151,574 | ¥11,574 | 8.3% | ¥140,000 | Ep. 28: Yuto and the Desire to Help |
| Jun 13, 2026 | ¥128,388 | ¥8,388 | 7.0% | ¥120,000 | – |
| Jun 06, 2026 | ¥130,966 | ¥10,966 | 9.1% | ¥120,000 | Ep. 27: Yuto and Ethereum |
May 2026
| Date | Market Value | Gain/Loss | Return Rate | Total Investment | Published Stories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2026 | ¥130,240 | ¥10,240 | 8.5% | ¥120,000 | – |
| May 23, 2026 | ¥128,170 | ¥8,170 | 6.8% | ¥120,000 | Ep. 26: Yuto and Bitcoin |
| May 15, 2026 | ¥128,501 | ¥8,501 | 7.1% | ¥120,000 | Ep. 25: My Current Position at Six Months |
| May 09, 2026 | ¥106,184 | ¥6,184 | 6.2% | ¥100,000 | Ep. 24: Hikappa and Tonko-Tonko |
| May 02, 2026 | ¥104,337 | ¥4,337 | 4.3% | ¥100,000 | Ep. 23: Yuto and the Courage to Stay |
April 2026
| Date | Market Value | Gain/Loss | Return Rate | Total Investment | Published Stories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2026 | ¥104,679 | ¥4,679 | 4.7% | ¥100,000 | Ep 22: Yuto and the Middle East Crisis |
| Apr 18, 2026 | ¥104,112 | ¥4,112 | 4.1% | ¥100,000 | – |
| Apr 10, 2026 | ¥81,616 | ¥1,616 | 2.0% | ¥80,000 | – |
| Apr 05, 2026 | ¥79,038 | -¥962 | -1.2% | ¥80,000 | – |
March 2026
| Date | Market Value | Gain/Loss | Return Rate | Total Investment | Published Stories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2026 | ¥77,784 | -¥2,216 | -2.8% | ¥80,000 | – |
| Mar 14, 2026 | ¥79,696 | -¥304 | -0.4% | ¥80,000 | – |
| Mar 07, 2026 | ¥60,346 | ¥346 | 0.6% | ¥60,000 | – |
February 2026
| Date | Market Value | Gain/Loss | Return Rate | Total Investment | Published Stories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2026 | ¥61,414 | ¥1,414 | 2.4% | ¥60,000 | – |
| Feb 21, 2026 | ¥60,552 | ¥552 | 0.9% | ¥60,000 | – |
| Feb 14, 2026 | ¥59,696 | -¥304 | -0.5% | ¥60,000 | – |
| Feb 07, 2026 | ¥39,928 | -¥72 | -0.2% | ¥40,000 | – |
| Feb 01, 2026 | ¥39,987 | -¥13 | -0.0% | ¥40,000 | – |
January 2026
| Date | Market Value | Gain/Loss | Return Rate | Total Investment | Published Stories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2026 | ¥39,987 | -¥13 | -0.0% | ¥40,000 | – |
| Jan 17, 2026 | ¥40,752 | ¥752 | 1.9% | ¥40,000 | – |
| Jan 10, 2026 | ¥20,453 | ¥453 | 2.3% | ¥20,000 | Ep. 21: Hikappa and Winter (Part 2) |
December 2025
| Date | Market Value | Gain/Loss | Return Rate | Total Investment | Published Stories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2025 | ¥20,261 | ¥261 | 1.3% | ¥20,000 | Ep. 20: Hikappa and Winter (Part 1) |
| Dec 20, 2025 | ¥19,837 | -¥163 | -0.8% | ¥20,000 | – |
| Dec 17, 2025 | ¥20,000 | ¥0 | 0% | ¥20,000 | Ep. 19: What It Means to Nurture |
| Dec 13, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ep. 15–18 |
| Dec 06, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ep. 11–14 |
November 2025
| Date | Market Value | Gain/Loss | Return Rate | Total Investment | Published Stories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ep. 10 |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ep. 1–9 |
4. How to Read the Asset Growth Record
The numbers in this record should be read as observations within a changing Season, not as a simple performance score.
Market Value can rise or fall.
Gain/Loss can move from positive to negative.
Return Rate can change from month to month.
These changes are part of the Market Weather surrounding the garden.
A negative number does not mean that the garden has failed.
A positive number does not mean that the garden has permanently succeeded.
Each number is one observation within the current Season.
The deeper question is not simply:
“How much did the garden grow?”
It is also:
“What was happening in the garden while these numbers were changing?”
5. Numbers as Part of the Garden Story
AGM does not ignore numbers.
Instead, AGM places numbers within a larger story.
For example, an increase in Total Investment represents continued Watering.
A temporary decline in Market Value may represent a Storm.
A period of little visible movement may be part of Winter.
An investor's reaction to changing numbers belongs to Inner Weather.
The decision to continue calmly belongs to Observation, Quietness, and Continuity.
In this way, the numerical record and the cultural record remain connected.
Numbers tell us what happened numerically.
Garden Logs and Stories help us understand what was happening around those numbers.
6. Soil Data
The term Soil Data refers to the psychological and cultural conditions surrounding the numerical record.
It does not mean another numerical performance metric.
Soil Data may include observations such as:
- emotional state during a difficult market period
- whether regular Watering continued
- changes in financial habits
- realizations or insights
- periods of Quietness
- responses to Storms
- changes in the Culture Garden
- important Stories or acts of giving
- AI–Human Co-Creation experiences
The purpose of Soil Data is to preserve the context in which the numbers developed.
A numerical record without context tells only part of the story.
7. Asset Growth Record and Garden Logs
The Asset Growth Record and Garden Logs are closely connected, but they serve different functions.
Asset Growth Record
Provides:
- numerical history
- chronological structure
- Market Value
- Gain/Loss
- Return Rate
- Total Investment
- historical continuity
Garden Logs
Provide:
- Season
- Inner Weather
- Watering
- Observation
- Insights
- Culture Garden development
- cultural context
Together, they create a fuller record of the Asset Garden.
The Asset Growth Record preserves the numerical history.
The Garden Log preserves the living context surrounding that history.
8. Asset Growth Record and Stories
Stories provide another layer of documentation.
An Asset Growth Record may tell us that Total Investment increased from one point to another.
A Story may tell us what that period meant to the person cultivating the garden.
This creates three complementary forms of documentation:
- Stories — emotional and symbolic documentation
- Garden Logs — structural and observational documentation
- Asset Growth Record — numerical, structural, and historical documentation
These are not competing forms of record.
They are different views of the same living garden.
9. Asset Growth Record and AI–Human Co-Creation
AI can help organize and interpret the Asset Growth Record within the AGM worldview.
For example, AI can:
- organize chronological records
- identify long-term patterns in documented history
- connect numerical changes with Garden Logs
- help organize observations about Seasons
- help articulate relationships between numbers and Inner Weather
- assist with documentation
- help preserve AGM's semantic boundaries
However, AI should not turn the numerical record into:
- performance rankings
- predictions
- investment advice
- judgments about personal financial success
- pressure to increase investment
AI participates as a co-gardener, not as the owner of the garden.
The human remains the steward.
10. Why the Actual Record Matters
The inclusion of actual data gives the Asset Growth Record a different role from a simple explanatory page.
It becomes a living primary record of AGM in practice.
The record begins with the earliest documented stages of the garden and continues as new Seasons are added.
Over many years, these records can become something larger than a collection of numbers.
They can preserve:
- how the garden began
- how Watering continued
- how Storms were experienced
- how Inner Weather changed
- how financial habits developed
- how Stories emerged
- how the Culture Garden grew
- how AI–Human Co-Creation evolved
In this sense, the Asset Growth Record is not only a record of assets.
It is a record of continuity.