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Anonymous

07 Feb 2021

General Investing

Should I invest a lump sum of $100k or DCA into robo-advisors?

If I have 100k, what is the way best way to invest into Robo-advisor? Should I do one lump sum or “DCA” monthly 10k?

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Bullythebear

07 Feb 2021

Tutor at Self employed

Can i assume that because you are doing robo investing, you don't want to do the dirty work of actively managing your investments?

If it's true, then the ans is to do DCA. If it's not true, then the ans is to do lump sum. For lump sum, you must believe you have higher than average chance of getting more alpha because of your skills or knowledge in market timing. If you don't, then do DCA.

Zac

06 Feb 2021

Noob at Idiots Invest

For your consideration: DCA is a strategy for riding out volatility.

Individual stocks can be very volatile. A portfolio of diversified stocks on the other hand, may not be as volatile because the movement of the various underlying securities tends to average out. The portfolio will swing up and down with whole market movements, but you don't exapect the same kind of price movements as individual stocks.

Conversely, lump-sum investing gets you into the market earlier. Your money can start compounding earlier.

Another thread on DCA vs lump-sum invessting here: https://seedly.sg/questions/would-you-recommend...

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