A reader in Japan, frightened of stocks, changed his investing fate after reading Silicon Valley Jushi's blog about index investing.

A reader nicknamed 'Adi 2000', living in Japan, shared his story in the comments of Silicon Valley Jushi's blog. He had traded A-shares in China, cashed out in 2015 to buy a house, and stayed away from markets abroad out of fear.

In late 2023, he read a touching post and discovered the blogger was a Tsinghua-trained computer scientist who taught dollar-cost averaging into US index funds. The reader realised that only A-shares were hard; other markets had promise.

In early 2024 he opened accounts and invested nearly everything, later moving proceeds from a home sale into S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 funds. His accounts now return 30% to 90%, and more importantly, he embraced long-term investing and feels his life has been redirected.