Myth 3: You can TIME the market.
There are many ways and strategies to invest in the stock market. Some people claim it is impossible to time the market and others claim they can do it for you perfectly – for a small fee. The truth. However, may lie somewhere between the extremes.
Time in the Market vs Timing the Market?
“Time in the Market” means relying on a Dollar-Cost-Averaging (DCA) strategy where you don’t try to guess when the market is at its lowest or highest point. Instead, you invest consistently which eventually, the fundamentals matter more than the timing. Often, “time in the market” investor will buy ETFs (example: S&P500) which will eventually go higher in the long run.
“Timing the Market” means buying an asset with the expectation of selling at a higher price in the short term, with the popular saying “buy low, sell high”. Market-timing investors are...