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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1369891, member: 26302"]Do you know for a fact that each month silver will go up indefinitely? If yes, DO NOT DCA. Now, if you don't, I will show you the difference between DCA and simply buying X ounces a month. </p><p><br /></p><p>Pretend silver goes from 33 to 50 to 100 back to 50 then to 33 in a period of time. Also say Inflexion has $100 a month to spend, or he wants to buy 2 ounces a month. Now, under DCA his weighted average cost would be:</p><p><br /></p><p>(33*3)+(50*2)+100+(50*2)+(33*3)=$45.45</p><p><br /></p><p>and buy buying 2 ounces a month</p><p><br /></p><p>(33*2)+(50*2)+(100*2)+(50*2)+(33*2)= $53.20</p><p><br /></p><p>DCA is good if you DON'T KNOW where the market will go short term, and is preferable to buying equal quantities per month. There are other reasons psychologically as well, but I don't mean to rehash this argument with Cloud again. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1369891, member: 26302"]Do you know for a fact that each month silver will go up indefinitely? If yes, DO NOT DCA. Now, if you don't, I will show you the difference between DCA and simply buying X ounces a month. Pretend silver goes from 33 to 50 to 100 back to 50 then to 33 in a period of time. Also say Inflexion has $100 a month to spend, or he wants to buy 2 ounces a month. Now, under DCA his weighted average cost would be: (33*3)+(50*2)+100+(50*2)+(33*3)=$45.45 and buy buying 2 ounces a month (33*2)+(50*2)+(100*2)+(50*2)+(33*2)= $53.20 DCA is good if you DON'T KNOW where the market will go short term, and is preferable to buying equal quantities per month. There are other reasons psychologically as well, but I don't mean to rehash this argument with Cloud again. :) Chris[/QUOTE]
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