Timeline for "Don't invest now because the market is high"
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| Dec 5, 2019 at 16:58 | comment | added | JBentley | Apologies, that was a typo. It should read "increases your risk of not buying at the bottom". Yes, you are correct, that for an irrational investor, such advice can be worthwhile. | |
| Dec 5, 2019 at 16:46 | comment | added | wberry | Very sensible, except that "buying at the bottom" is what you want. Psychologically though, if the alternative is to delay investing entirely due to fear of "buying at the top", I argue this scheme is certainly preferable. | |
| Dec 5, 2019 at 12:11 | comment | added | JBentley | It is debatable whether this technique results in any benefit. Yes, it lowers your risk of buying at the top, but it also increases your risk of buying at the bottom. Meanwhile, in an overall upwards trending market, your money has spent less time being invested than if you did it all in a lump sum at the beginning, leading to an overall loss on average. | |
| Dec 4, 2019 at 20:35 | review | First posts | |||
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| Dec 4, 2019 at 20:34 | history | answered | wberry | CC BY-SA 4.0 |