Q&A: I Have £75,000 - Should I Lump Sum Invest It or Drip Feed Invest It Over Time? (Lump Sum Investing vs Cost Averaging)

The Making Money Simple Podcast

In this podcast episode, I answer a question from Jiani.

This is a great question and a fairly common question one - is it better to 'lump sum' invest or 'drip feed' / 'cost average' invest.

We go through the data, the pros and cons of each approach, some real life examples, what I personally do, and more, in this podcast episode.

Listen to the podcast episode for the full details.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Question from Jiani: Cost averaging vs Lump sum

1:24 - What is the difference?

2:45 - What the data shows

4:17 - Why lump sum investing wins

5:13 - Why cost averaging/drip feeding might still be better

7:09 - When does each strategy work best?

8:31 - Some real life examples

10:17 - The ‘lost decade’ where drip feeding won

12:08 - The final verdict

13:23 - What do I do?

14:4 - Outro

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