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A windfall creates a hard decision: invest now and risk regret, or spread entries and risk missing compounding time.
The emotional approach: DCA
Splitting a lump sum into multiple entries can reduce anxiety and timing regret.
The mathematical approach: Lump Sum
Historically, immediate lump-sum deployment has outperformed phased entry in many long-run datasets.
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