Is Dollar-Cost Averaging Irrational? Compared to What? - podcast episode cover

Is Dollar-Cost Averaging Irrational? Compared to What?

Feb 03, 202031 minEp. 30
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Episode description

Terry Hawkins, sales manager at Morningstar Investment Management and Paul Kaplan, research director for Morningstar Canada, discuss dollar-cost averaging, or the practice of investing slowly over time instead of in one lump sum. Research by Kaplan and others show that dollar-cost averaging might be expected to underperform a lump-sum approach. But what if it's what gets an investor into the markets?
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