Investment: how do I invest $50,000 using Dollar Cost Averaging?
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At the end of the day it's your money and you are the one responsible for it's performance. Are you investing in stocks or mutual funds? \n\nThe wisdom of averaging into stocks is debatable. If you want to dollar cost average into mutual funds a decent strategy would be to buy a fund comparable to the Russell 2000, Nasdaq or S&P500 when it is well below it's 200 day moving average. Maybe try buying in fifths. It has been a while since this last happened, you never know what the future will bring.\n\nThere are no guarantees in investing.\n\nFollow Up: Learn what a 200 day moving average is. Leave your money in a Money Market Fund until what you want to buy is well below it's 200 day moving average. \n\nThis only happens once and a while, five times would probably be better than ten times, depends on how many years you're going to hold it for, and in the end it's your decision.\n\nDon't do it on a set schedule. Buy when the market is down.\n\n"Buy when there is blood in the streets."
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You are asking for a 45% annual compounded return!  It is possible to do that if you get very lucky witb a very small portfolio of small stocks.  It is also possible to win the lottery.  Neither of these alternatives is really "investing", they are both gambling.  By the way, anyone who says they know how to that is either lying or delusional.
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your best bet is to get a money card and put anywhere between $50-100
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do a diversification. eg: don't put all into one thing. \n\ndepending on when you will need the money, will determine your risk tolerance\n\nyou need to see your banker, and ask for the person who provides investment advise.  most banks provide this free of charge. \n\ngood luck. \n\nthe higher the risk, the higher the POTENTIAL for return. \n\nHowever, you know your own tolerance, don't invest in something too risky, UNLESS you can afford to lose it.
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What you do depends a lot on what kind of person you are.  If you have a lot of self-control and self-discipline, take it all now and invest it, living off what it generates.  If it's a large enough amount, it can form the foundation for enough growth to keep you in comfort for the rest of your life if you invest propersly.  If it were me, that's what I'd do.\n\nIf, on the other hand, you're likely to spend it all as soon as you get it, take the sum over time, so you'll always have some money coming to you.  It's not a very good solution though.  Your annual payment in 50 years is going to seem a lot smaller than the one you'd get today.  Inflation would just eat away its buying power.
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You can invest up to 14K (and more) through a solo 401K.TD Waterhouse/ameritrade offers the account with low fees. So do some other financial institutions. There may be other instruments such as SEP etc.. \nwatch for fees, maximum annual investment. \nSpeak to someone at your bank/broker.
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use the $50 for fees in whatever style you do or new mitts ,gi etc
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Go to ishares.com and have a look at an ETF known as The COMEX Gold Trust, ticker IAU. You buy it on the open market, like a stock, but it is constructed like a mutual fund, invested in ounces of gold and gold futures that are held in a trust. You own shares of the trust, not gold outright, and thus you don't have any of the hassles of storing, or insuring, the metals. The annual expense ratio for all of this is only 0.40%, plus whatever trading costs you incur thru your broker. If you use a discount broker, they can be nominal, depending on the dollar value of your buy-in.
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Since you are a beginner and have about $5000, the simplest way is with a mutual fund. \n\nStart at Yahoo, fund screener. \n\nKey in your parameters: $5,000, moringstar rating of 5, turnover less than 100%, expenses less than 1.0% and see what pops up. You will find funds with impressive historical results. Unfortunately, the past is not a great predictor of the future. But this is a good place to start\nOr visit Vanguard.com and key in your investment criteria and they will tell you wich funds they have meet your criteria. \n\nThe link below will show you the results for international stock funds.
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Break it up into two strategies - aggressive and safe.\n\nFor aggressive, invest in a mutual fund of stocks after talking to a stock broker(s).\n\nFor safe, invest in either bonds or an Orange Savings Account CD.\n\nThis all assumes you are an adult and not over 50. If you are over 50, put it all into something safe if this is your only networth source.\n\nIf this is the best answer, please rate it the best answer. Thanks!
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Just sell enough shares to cover the amount of money you originally invested.  For instance, if you put $1000.00 in a stock that was $0.50/share when you bought it, you should have around 2000 shares.  If the stock is now $1.00/share and you want to take out your initial investment, just sell 1000 shares.  Your sale should net around $1000.00 or 1000 shares which leaves only the profit invested.  You can then use the original $1000.00 to invest in another stock.
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Assuming you live in the US investing in the share (stock) market is as simple as:\n1. Opening a brokerage account with one of the brokerage firms such as Wells Fargo, TD WaterHouse, Ameriprise with a deposit of say $1000 and start buying and selling shares online.\n2. Initially you could buy shares upto your deposit amount\n3. As you build assets you will be eligible to borrow against your assets and buy stocks on margin even if you don't have cash in the account. This is a risky strategy and should be employed by experienced investors
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Very little. You can start with as little as $10 at www.betterinvesting.org\n\nYou can go directly to a company's "Investor Relations" area and see if they have a direct investment option.\n\nYou can also check out this company that can get you started for $4 plus a commission plus the cost of the stock. www.sharebuilder.com
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Dude, you need to check out what is called an indexed mutual fund. The way it works is the company guarantees your full invested capital; so you can't lose that. The money that they make is added to the value of your fund, but you have to lock it in for a minimum amount of time; can be as long as ten years. This is a good place to start out. If your feeling more daring invest in silver or mining companies like Pan American Silver trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker PAA. This baby is on rails right now, you can check them out on their web site and research their history. Hey your the blunt guy aren't you? Well good luck towards your first million and keep living the American dream.
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commodity is a sure way to make $ quickly but also loose all of it very quickly.  Set up sharebuilder and research and choose a stock of an established company.  put in $500 each time over the next 12 months into that stock ( that's 4 x @ $4 each time). or buy $150 each month over 12 months or even more... as now you've just started the process of investing on very little savings.. Otherwise, set up and scot or etrade and day tray on established companies.
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Here is a good way to do it.\n\nInvest 100 $ in the following way. Put 80 $ in a money market fund. Assuming 4% interest the 80$ will grow to 100 $ in 6 years time. This is your money back guarantee.\n\nInvest the other 20$ in an Stock Index ETF. Returns in six years will vary, but you have a good chance of winning a healthy percentage and a extremely small chance of loosing more than a third in six years. This joker part of the investment will be worth between 12 $ (at worst) and 30 $ (at best) after six years.
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it depends on how much money you have to invest