Dollar cost averaging versus all at once?
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Mathematically, it is best to put it all in at once.  However, emotionally it can be gut wrenching.  I put a lot of money into Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund all at once, and the first thing it did was drop 10%.  I held onto my guts and it's now up ~50%.
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According to the census, Las Vegas is the fastest growing place in the nation so a good bet may be to buy in a new project with projected completion by the time you are ready to move.  This will help you lock the price and if things do not work out as expected to sell the option at a profit.  What you are seeing is a market correction due to increasing interest rates not a dip that will continue for too much time, the FED will review the interest rate again in June 28 so keep looking at the money news to see if the market is expecting the FED to increase or to maintain the actual rate.  If they plan to increase it, the further market correction is expected but if they do not raise it then it will be wise to start looking now since prices will not dip much more.  Good luck!
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Any answer in numbers can be wrong because the exchange rate vary each second.\nYou can check an appropriate rate here http://www.arbetov.com/managerates.asp?type=1
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You now have 2 call options (200 shares) if it's a 2 for 1 split.  Works the same as a stock split.  More stock lower price.
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Not me. I can't figure out why businesses persist in using this outmoded contrivance. Most people look at a price like that and automatically round up in their heads. A lot of people (like myself) see it as an insult to our intelligence, and it doesn't take a genius to see there's little difference.\n\nThis convention is used in cents and in dollars, but it never amounts to large amounts.  For examples, you may see prices like $1.99, $19.99, $199.99 and you may see prices with no cents displayed like $199 or $1999, but you won't see that convention used in larger numbers like $100,000 and up (unless WalMart starts selling Rolls-Royce cars).\n\n\nWhat really gets me is how the price of gas on a pump is displayed as, say $2.78.99 rather than $2.79. I mean, is there a solid study or market analysis that shows a real reason for splitting off one one-hundredth of a cent?  \n\nPull-eeze!
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I'm usually a great advocate of buying stocks, but you shouldn't be buying stocks right now because they are too risky, considering you need all your money right now to support yourself.  You would be trying to gamble your way out of a bad situation.
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I've found that staying with something that is very simple is the way to go. I like having diffrent settings but not to many. Also look at the cost.
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Follow the 10 year treasury bond.  If interest rates in the US go up, then this attracts $$$ to dollar denominated investments which makes the $$$ stronger against other currencies.  \n\nIn the last week, it has moved from 4.65% to 4.85%.  The trend is for higher rates, but anything can happen in a week.  You can follow the bonds on yahoo finance, symbol ^TNX.  When you get a quote, you move the decimal point one place to the left and you have the yield.\n\nGood luck!!
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You have to crunch the numbers. There are calulators all over the net. Enter "refinance calculators" into Google.
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Yes you can....BUT I WOULD ADVICE YOU AGAINST IT.\n\nAre you trying to time the market?  If you're wrong, you will be left with No Ammo. for the right time.  It's called keeping your powder dry.\n\nIf you do the Month - To - Month... A.K.A. "Dollar Cost Average" - you are essentially not trying to time the market...and your average cost basis will be close to the current market price.\n\nIf you want you can invest once every two weeks...you don't need to wait for the next month to come around.  Also, you can purchase funds into to your Month-to-Month thing, anytime you want...\n\nBottom Line:  Don't put all your money to work at the same time...even if you think you will miss the market bottom
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Investments with a doubling would be a geometric sequence.  Terms depend on a *multiplication* of previous terms, so it is geometric.\n\nc) geometric sequence.
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well, as USD means us dollars ,,, then 861.20 USD is 861.20 amercian dollars .... ha? ;-)
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I've done that with what I call 'loose change'.  Sometimes I've got a few dollars sitting around, obviously not going to make a lot of interest and not large enough for something substantial.  If some risky thing has been going down but I still feel it worth holding onto (its kinda fun when you sweat over a $90 stock moving a couple of bucks while a stock selling for less than a dime now goes for a buck or two, and yes, I've had that happen), then making an extra small trade can average down the value of your position.  When the stock starts to tick up for whatever reasons, you now have a lower break-even or profit point.  Again, it is only if you've got a few bucks left not doing anything and at Scottrade for $7 plus a half-point, it doesn't hurt much.  Of course, I also got a couple that are cluttering up my list because it will cost more to sell than they are worth today but that is part of the risk, right?
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Completely ignore the last answer.  Since you have asked this question I will assume you don't have a ton of experience in the market, or you would know the differences already.  Stay away from a discount broker as it is important you know exactly where you want to put your money at all times and when, if and how much to move at any time.  Most people who have jobs and a life do not devote enough time to research to possibly be able to do this profitably.  Find a good broker with reasonable costs to devise a plan for you.  This person may charge more than a discount guy but if they understand what your goals are they can make up for their cost in the better returns and safer diversification they can provide.
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All the experts will tell you trying to time to market to make a purchase or sale is a fools errand. If you buy on the same day of the month every month you will over time be dollar cost averaging about as well as it can be done.
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FIFO, LIFO, and Average Cost generally refer to merchandise, especially food inventory. I'm not sure it really applies to stocks.
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A moving average does nothing more than provide additional statistical trading analysis, it should be used to meet your personal trading strategy. Your strategy might not even include a moving average.\n\nGenerally you could use a shorter moving average for a shorter expected holding time, but also they are used together to show a major difference in how the short term movement campares to it's longer term movement.\n\nFor example a few years ago I used moving averages in my strategy, I used several moving averages. I looked for Equities that had 20 day moving averages that were falling drastically with 50 day moving averages very high and just starting to fall. hoping to find equities that have been recently over sold.