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Dollar Cost Averaging vs Lump Sum Investing (What to Do With a Pile of Cash)

by 5am Joel / on March 8, 2021 March 8, 2021 / with (22) Comments

A friend of mine just admitted to me a big money problem… She has a little over $200,000 in CASH sitting in her checking account!…

I got the following note from a reader the other day… “Joel, I noticed you keep a big emergency fund for your rental property. 2…

Back in 2013, I bought 25 shares of Tesla stock. I remember seeing electric cars starting to pop up around my neighborhood at the time…

First, I must preface: this is not an anti-real estate post. I think real estate is an excellent wealth building tool, and don’t want to…

Have you ever heard of the “fresh start theory”? It’s basically a theory that people are more likely to tackle and achieve their goals if…

I just learned about a cool new bank called HMBradley. It could be a great tool if you are currently building up an emergency fund,…

Well, paint me green and call me a pickle! Last month the Dow Jones industrial average experienced its biggest monthly gain in more than 33…

Sequence of returns risk? Sounds like something only old, rich, retired people have to worry about… As long as I save up 25X my annual…

Have you guys ever heard of this thing called the Tina Effect? I just learned about it and found it really interesting. It might shed…

Digging through my old emails, I found this one I sent to my brother five years ago… > On May 27, 2015, at 10:03 PM,…