Dollar Cost Averaging
I was reading Poe’s post about Dollar Cost Averaging and was playing around with the numbers. I realized that the shorter the time frame for your automatic investments (assuming same total monthly contributions) the better your dollar-cost-averaging affects are. Here’s my example.
SEMI-MONTHLY PLAN
Month Price Amount Shares
Jan $10 $20.00 2.000
Jan $8 $20.00 2.500
Feb $9 $20.00 [...]



