We covered dollar cost averaging
versus lump sum investing in a previous post.
Dollar - cost averaging (DCA)
versus lump sum investing (LSI) is often a difficult decision fraught with emotion.
Not exact matches
For the most part,
lump sum investing outperformed dollar cost averaging two out of every three times, «even when results are adjusted for the higher volatility of a stock / bond portfolio
versus cash investments.»
To demonstrate the returns impact, the potential outcomes were compared of a Help participant
versus a Non-Help participant after 20 years, where each
invests a
lump sum of $ 10,000 at age 45.