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by mcny 1794 days ago
Vanguard index funds are pretty much anyone who isn’t wealthy needs.

The only think I can’t figure out is why isn’t it possible to park USD 5k in cash in my Roth IRA at Vanguard every April and have them buy VTSAX if it goes below some threshold automatically say USD 60.
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PascLeRasc 1794 days ago
You're hoping to "buy the dip" here, right? You can set up a stop order to do that. It'll just have to be for the ETF version of a fund.
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auxym 1793 days ago
Turns out that the old adage "time in the market beats timing the market" almost always wins, and there's no upside to trying to buy the dip:

https://www.pwlcapital.com/resources/buy-the-dip/

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PascLeRasc 1793 days ago
There's no upside to buying the dip for you. It's exhasting how any HN investing discussion gets watered down by unsolicited anti-intellectual personal finance advice.
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