E100 - Milestones

The Piggy Bank Chronicles reaches a major milestone with 100 episodes! J.J. sits down for an interview with his AI assistant to discuss the past, present, and future of the podcast.

This episode is a love letter to all those who have listened these past 4 years. It is offered with sincere thanks.

E99 - Indexing, again

Has your humble host lost faith in index investing?

JJ spends way too much time thinking about the strategy of indexing and what kinds of events would lead to under performance compared to other approaches. In yet another rambling chat he discusses his foray into direct indexing (on paper), what smarter people than him think about indexing as a strategy, and how he manages to insert it all into his ever evolving mental model of investing.

If you like buy and hold investing this discussion is for you. If you don’t, then we will win you over eventually!

Investments discussed in this episode:

• Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF (DFAI)

• Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares (VXUS)

• Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares (VEU)

  
  

Episode 98 - Consequences

If I do this, what happens next? So many people are really bad at thinking about consequences. Are you one of those people?

We can be taught to be critical thinkers. We can also teach ourselves. Sometimes we can get there through a good boss or mentor. Other times it’s up to us.

In this episode JJ explores why this matters and some tools to help you get better at being a critical thinker.