 |
- Bankrate.com: Should You Stay With Dollar-Cost Averaging in a Bear Market?
"Use dollar-cost averaging only for those investments that you consider to be a core of your portfolio and when you are investing long-term. Then you won't be conflicted about investing when prices are falling." (8/17/01)
- BusinessWeek: Dollar-Cost Averaging
BW's Peter Coy on the pluses -- and minuses -- of this disciplined approach to investing. Video; RealPlayer required. (2/15/02)
- CNBC: The Basics: Dollar-Cost Averaging Offers Big Sums With Small Investments
"Dollar-cost averaging is a method of buying the same dollar amount of a stock or mutual fund each month (or week or other period) so the price at which you buy averages out over time. This saves you from the turmoil of...trying to time...purchases."
- Dummies.com: Easing Into Risky Investments With Dollar-Cost Averaging
"The biggest appeal of gradually feeding money into the market via DCA is that you don't dump all your money into a potentially overheated investment just before a major drop."
- iVillage: The Dollars and Cents of Dollar-Cost Averaging
"It's times like these when investment pros turn to dollar cost averaging, which is kind of like the investment equivalent to having your cake and eating it too. The same basic principle applies whether you are buying or selling an investment."
- Journal of Financial and Strategic Decisions: A Statistical Comparison of Value Averaging vs. Dollar-Cost Averaging
"Results indicate that value averaging does provide superior expected investment returns when investment prices are quite volatile and over extended investment time horizons with little or no increase in risk." PDF; Acrobat Reader required. (Spring 2000)
- Morningstar.com: Dollar-Cost Averaging
"While it may sound like some complicated accounting procedure, it's actually a very simple method of investing--one that can often reduce the volatility of your portfolio, and, in some cases, increase your returns."
- TheStreet.com: If Now, Then How: The Right Way to Get In
"In short, dollar-cost averaging doesn't guarantee a profit, but it does reduce your risk.... It has always been a favorite among folks without a lot of cash to put to work, but it makes sense for a lot of modest and moneyed investors alike." (3/6/01)
- Vanguard Plain Talk: Dollar-Cost Averaging
"Read this brochure to learn about the strategy and advantages of dollar-cost averaging, in which a set amount of money is invested in stock or bond mutual funds at regular intervals. The results may surprise you...."
|
|
|
|
