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Dollar-Cost Averaging

6 articles on this topic, newest first.

When AI Stocks Wobble, What Should Long-Term Investors Buy and Watch?

Five holdings may not mean five bets. Overlap across Tesla, Nvidia, VOO, QQQ and SMH can concentrate a portfolio more than it looks.

Investing

SMH vs. SOXX: Which Chip ETF Suits Monthly Buying?

SMH leans on Nvidia and TSMC. SOXX spreads the weight. Both still carry the semiconductor cycle and rich valuations.

Investing

A 20% Drop in Chip Stocks Is the Norm, Not the Exception: SOX Data Since 1994

Since 1994 the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index has dropped an average of 29% within a year and still finished the year up 20.7% on average. For long-term investors, headlines about declines from the peak come with a useful counterweight.

Morning Brief

Buy the Panic or Buy Every Month? What 20 Years of Data Says

Waiting for a crash to deploy cash sounds smart. A Schwab study and a look at Larry Williams' VIX FIX suggest the wait may cost more than the discount pays.

Investor Mind

Every Time You Trade, Borrow or Sit in Cash, Someone Else Gets Paid

Retail investors don't just lose to bad information. Much of the financial industry earns more from trading, borrowing, cash balances and attention than from investor returns themselves.

Investor Mind

You Only Need to Win 54% of the Points to Beat the Market

A good investor is not the one who calls every move correctly. It is the one who survives the days they get it wrong, long enough to keep playing a game tilted in their favor.

Investor Mind