INVSTR044 There's no time like the present (454 words)

julianne@financialwriters.com.au (Julianne Pott, Financial Writers Australia) — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 09:26:19 +1000

{tab Description} This article warns against trying to time the share market and explains how to take advantage of share investing using dollar cost averaging. It provides a case study with table to demonstrate the point. {tab Introduction} Over the last 100 years global share markets have experienced many major set-backs, including the Great Depression of the 1930s, several wars, the ‘crash of 1987’ then the Global Financial Crisis twenty years later. But for every low, a recovery has followed – they just take time.

What stops most people from investing in (or returning to) the share market is not knowing when to jump in. Although nobody knows exactly when a market or a particular share price has found its base price, we can employ a strategy to remove this speculation and focus on a longer term investment plan.{snippet alias="article-message"}

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INVSTR043 Dollar Cost Averaging 101 (202 words)

julianne@financialwriters.com.au (Julianne Pott, Financial Writers Australia) — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 09:22:24 +1000

{tab Description}A short, simple explanation of dollar cost averaging which acts as a good prompt for your readers to start a regular savings plan. {tab Introduction} It’s easier to show how this works, than explain it. Here’s an example of investing $250 a month over 12 months into a hypothetical managed fund

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Dollar Cost Averaging - Financial Writers Australia

INVSTR044 There's no time like the present (454 words)

INVSTR043 Dollar Cost Averaging 101 (202 words)