You have 2 investment strategies to choose from.
- Dollar-cost averaging (DCA): You invest $100 (inflation-adjusted) every month for all 40 years.
- Buy the Dip: You save $100 (inflation-adjusted) each month and only buy when the market is in a dip. A “dip” is defined as anytime when the market is not at an all-time high. But, I am going to make this second strategy even better. Not only will you buy the dip, but I am going to make you omniscient (i.e. “God”) about when you buy. You will know exactly when the market is at the absolute bottom between any two all-time highs. This will ensure that when you do buy the dip, it is always at the lowest possible price.
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Should You Time The Market?
https://ofdollarsanddata.com/even-god-couldnt-beat-dollar-cost-averaging/