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Say you confidently bought the roaring Eurostox 600 in March 2000. You saw it coming back to its value in July 2007. Then reach 1% gain in March 2015. And a 7%
by tchvil 6y ago
Say you confidently bought the roaring Eurostox 600 in March 2000.
You saw it coming back to its value in July 2007.
Then reach 1% gain in March 2015. And a 7% gain in Feb 2020.
Buying S&P, or the Apple, Amazon and Tesla ones is another story.
Looking at the average can be misleading.
- wait_a_minute 6y agoThis is why I dollar cost average. Timing purchases is impossible for me since I’m not a finance genius, so I just buy stock each time I get paid.
- sneeze-slayer 6y agoFYI that's just closer to periodically investing. Dollar Cost averaging is more along the lines of "I already have $100 in my account and will invest $10/month for 10 months."
- jsight 6y agoPlanning to DCA from future cashflows is still DCA.
- loco5niner 6y agoAccording to Investopedia: "A perfect example of dollar cost averaging is its use in 401(k) plans...an employee can select a pre-determined amount of their salary..."
- thatfrenchguy 6y agoYou’re not counting dividends here.
- tchvil 6y agoThanks for the note. This change indeed the result. https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=DE0002635307#chart https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=DE000263530...