tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678509565920140218.post297092069077894368..comments2008-05-21T09:18:50.212-07:00Dorian Waleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09182167078410203435noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678509565920140218.post-26129196544336167802008-05-21T09:18:50.212-07:002008-05-21T09:18:50.212-07:00@Customers Revenge - I was referring to the following quote by genxfinance - "As it has been discussed before, the bottom line is that you want to put your money to work as soon as possible. If you have a large chunk of cash sitting around to be invested, you’re better off just moving forward and investing it. But, how many of us have tens of thousands of dollars sitting idle just waiting to go to work? That is why it also makes sense to invest as soon as possible even if you don’t have much money."<BR/><BR/>My goal was to clarify on the risk of even long term investments. Lump sum investments, even for the long term, are very risky.<BR/><BR/>Thinking about it on an intuitive level why would there be any premium on long term investments if there was no risk taken?Dorian Waleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09182167078410203435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678509565920140218.post-74721976136841608452008-05-20T18:37:00.000-07:002008-05-20T18:37:00.000-07:00You referenced this article from http://genxfinance.com/2008/05/12/investing-in-the-stock-market-over-the-past-10-years-how-did-dollar-cost-averaging-fare/#comment-74769 as a rebuttal to investing lump sums, but I don't see the connection.Customers Revengewww.customersrevenge.comnoreply@blogger.com