facebookS&P 500 is going higher and higher each day. I have planned to DCA into S&P 500 but can’t seems to do it as I’m afraid that it might crash all of a sudden. - Seedly

Anonymous

20 Oct 2021

General Investing

S&P 500 is going higher and higher each day. I have planned to DCA into S&P 500 but can’t seems to do it as I’m afraid that it might crash all of a sudden.

What if I DCA and it goes down afterwards and I might need a few years to recover my losses instead of earning money? 😭 do you guys DCA into S&P 500 also?

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If you're not comfortable with high potential losses, probably go for a more stable investment. Robo investment e.g. Syfe/Endowus. They can cater to different risk appetite.

HC Tang

Edited 25 Oct 2021

Financial Enthusiast, Budgeting at The Society

Periodic up and down maybe. Crash no. Fed taking same policy to keep printing $ ( unlimited QE) like Japan. Even if It goes down , longer term will still go back up because Wall Street bank rolls the G and they can't afford to lose $. Doing nothing and miss riding the tide means lose out more due to unlimited QE caused inflations and future value of portfolio lose out even more.

I do DCA into S&P via Vanguard S&P 500 ETF via FsmONE...it allows me to moderate the amount and I personally think S&P is a long term investment...so its a form of forced savings for me too. Just sharing my own personal experience ;-)

Cannot be!!! S&P500 price can go up and down and but its price will not move sideaways for a few years. If you really look at the charts for S&P500, the price will usually go sideways for a while if there is a market correction. This will not take years my friend. Are you looking into S&P500 or some other mediocre stock ticker? STI index price can move sideways for many years but not for S&P500.

I share the same concern.

However, that's exactly the main reason we DCA, remove emotion.

Ha...

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