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Why Dollar-Cost-Averaging Works: A Look at the Numbers

An explanation (with easy to read charts) explaining why dollar-cost-averaging is an excellent long term investment strategy. read more »
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The power of dollar cost averaging

Dollar cost averaging is an investment concept where you systematically invest a fixed amount of money periodically to buy investments with a fluctua[...] read more »
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What Should I Do With My 401K?

Brings up a good point about how employer's matching contribution to a 401k in effect increases return. read more »
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Why Dollar Cost Averaging Works For Your Investing

How dollar cost averaging can help an investor reduce risks associated with the market as well as emotion. read more »
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» Dollar Cost Averaging vs. Value Averaging

When I started to work on my finances and investments, I noticed that dollar cost averaging kept coming up as a simple an effective way to invest.Rec[...] read more »
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Greater Volatility = Greater Returns

Short version: When dollar-cost-averaging into an investment, greater volatility will increase your returns. read more »
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Backtesting Dollar Cost Averaging using real data for S&P 500

How has dollar cost averaging performed for investors in the Vanguards S&P 500 mutual fund for 1987-2007? read more »
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Some thought on "Dollar Cost Averaging"

What does "Dollar Cost Averaging" really mean and is it useful in all circumstances? read more »
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How To Set Up An Automatic Investing Plan - Amateur Asset Allocator

Setting up an automatic investment plan is a good way to take emotion out of the investment process. read more »
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The Personal Financier: Dollar Cost Averaging – Practical Lessons From Recent Experience

My recent experience with Dollar Cost Averaging and the lessons I learned read more »
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Dollar Cost Averaging: Useful Tool, Bad Idea, or Marketing Gimmick

Put your thought into what to invest in and worry less about when to invest in it. Periodic investing puts your investing on profitable autopilot. read more »
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Simple Investing for 2010: Dollar-Cost Averaging

An investing strategy that actually works is known as dollar-cost averaging. The brilliance of investing this way is that it is absolutely the easies[...] read more »
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There Is No Such Thing As The Lost Decade With Dollar Cost Averaging

How you can twist statistics can change the way you look at investments and investing. There is no lost decade of investing with dollar cost averagin[...] read more »
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