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yu-i f | Is it a good time to invest in an index fund? |
when is it a good time?
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I have about 3500, so should i invest around 350 dollars every month? |
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mikeeyman
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I would dollar cost average it into an index fund... Say if you have $10,000... Put $1,000 in each month for the next 10 months. |
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Diane
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There is no good or bad time to invest in an index fund. No one can accurately time the market. But there has never been a 10 year period where the index of the stock market has failed to rise - there will be dips in that 10 year, but on the whole it always rises.
By investing a bit every month, you will buy some at a high price and some at a low price, but overall you will pay a good price. That is called "dollar cost averaging". |
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Mary Ann V
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I personally would not invest in mutual funds. About 75% of them under perform the market. All of them have management fees, and some have sales loads. There are just other options that are more promising, in my opinion.
Your first option should be to fund fully a retirement account. This is always a good investment regardless of who you are.
If you have done this, or you wish to wait on the retirement fund, then one of the best things you can do is open a DRIP Plan.
They are seldom talked about because brokers make very little money when they suggest them. Yet, they have proven to be one of the best, if not the best, long-term strategy on Wall Street.
The best part is you get to choose from the best Blue Chip International Corporations in the world. You can have Toyota, General Electric, Royal Canadian Bank or McDonalds in your portfolio. Although there is always risk in stocks, these Blue Chip giants offer far less risk than most.
They are inexpensive to start and maintain, and your dividends are reinvested for free.
They are perfect for small investors, as well as big investors. They will allow you to sleep at night and not care about whether the market is going up or down.
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Dom
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It is true that it is usually not a good time to time the markets, I do feel that now is a good time to buy because you are buying your fund at a discounted price. Buy low, sell high |
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MM
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We are in a bear market/recession, so buying an index fund is not a good idea. A better idea would be to short an index or buy a "bear fund" which will make money as the stock market declines.
To time your purchases and sales, you should use the "50% retracement rule." Google for it.
Everyone thinks now is a great time to buy because prices are much lower than they were at the end of last year. The fallacy in this is thinking that prices last year were "good prices" that represent "true value." Not true at all. Look at history. The first few months of a bear market, are the first months of what can be several YEARS of stock market declines.
Just because something is lower than a few months ago, does not mean it can't go lower yet. |
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Tony D
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Obviously,no one can really time the market.It is a good idea to put the money in a little at a time.You can put some of the money into say a S&P 500 index fund but not all.Remember that the strong economic growth is occuring in ROW(rest of world) so I would also include a global or an international fund.
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ocsurf
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YES, YES, YES!!!!
A good Index Fund will ALWAYS outperform the market. Look at an Index Fund that covers the Total Stock Market or S&P 500. I would check out iShares or Vanguard. |
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Dennis V
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It depends on your time horizon. Are you planning on spending the money in the next year or is this savings for ten years?? And why index?? A good fund manager should be able to beat the returns that you would get from the index. |
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