Re:Ask HN: What did you do when you suddenly got rich?
by _nalply on Thursday July 25, 2019 @02:26AM
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It is because if you can't time the market you don't know whether you are in a slump or in a rally. If you stretch your investment in time you partially avoid a possible crash after a rally when you got in just before the crash.
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Re:Ask HN: What did you do when you suddenly got rich?
by Huggernaut on Thursday July 25, 2019 @02:53AM
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On the order of 25+ years I don't see why this would make much of a difference. See Bob, the world's worst market timer: https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2014/02/worlds-worst-market...
Re:Ask HN: What did you do when you suddenly got rich?
by eb0la on Thursday July 25, 2019 @03:37AM
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I really enjoy your point :-) but I see things differently.
I think stretching your investment means you learn about how markets and investment really works because you will make a lot of mistakes during a period of time.
Rushing into market means you will make less mistakes, but bigger ones.
Re:Ask HN: What did you do when you suddenly got rich?
by Huggernaut on Sunday July 28, 2019 @09:59AM
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I like this observation that you can take time to ease into it. A lot of the risks of investing passively are really on the individual and the right mental approach is extremely important too.