24: What Is Dollar Cost Averaging and How Does It Impact Your Wealth?

Girl on FIRE

🎙 Dollar cost averaging is a common investing strategy that’s often considered to be good for beginner investors and those investing under a long term buy and hold strategy. But it may not be the best option for you. How does it work? And how does using a dollar cost averaging strategy impact your wealth? 🤔

This episode discusses topics like:

🌟 How dollar cost averaging works and how you can implement this strategy;

🌟 How dollar cost averaging can be beneficial for beginners and emotional investors; and

🌟 How dollar cost averaging can increase your wealth and when it’ll result in you leaving money on the table.

Links from this episode:

Episode transcript and show notes: https://www.papermoneyco.com/24-dollar-cost-averaging

Dollar Cost Averaging: Truth or Fiction study by Morningstar: https://www.morningstar.com.au/learn/article/the-dollar-cost-averaging-myth-why-lump-sum-i/197410

Investment frequency calculator: https://investcalc.github.io

Time codes:

00:00 Hello & Welcome!

02:11 What Is Dollar Cost Averaging and How Does It Work?

11:38 FIRE & Investment Calculator Spreadsheet

13:40 Advantages and Benefits of Dollar Cost Averaging

16:55 Disadvantages of Dollar Cost Averaging

21:30 How Priya Invests

24:32 Next Weeks’ Episode

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