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To: Midwest_Investor who wrote (41551)12/23/2008 4:42:41 PM
From: Kirk ©  Respond to of 42834
 
How can you average something into the market you neither have nor earned yet?

You can dollar cost average an inheritance or the proceeds from selling a business.

The EFFECT of making regular LUMP SUM purchases as soon as you are paid has a similar effect on your portfolio as DCA but it is called "regular contributions" or "regular investments" not DCA by most I've read.



To: Midwest_Investor who wrote (41551)12/23/2008 5:23:14 PM
From: Math Junkie4 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 42834
 
Sounds like DCA to me.



To: Midwest_Investor who wrote (41551)12/23/2008 7:29:10 PM
From: octavian1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 42834
 
It sounds like DCA to me too. As far as I know, DCA means you invest a specific amount at regular intervals.

But kirk might be technically right.

Obviously, if brinker said go "all in," people with 401k's would keep doing the same thing they had been doing under the DCA advice.

dave


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