A fuller guide to this term is on the way. In the meantime, the related terms below explain the ideas around it.
Related Brickyard terms
- Dollar-Cost AveragingInvesting a fixed amount at regular intervals so you buy more shares when prices are low and fewer when high.
- Buy and HoldA strategy of purchasing investments and keeping them for years, riding out short-term ups and downs.
- VolatilityHow sharply and often an investment's price swings up and down over a given period.
- Technical AnalysisStudying past price and volume patterns on charts to try to predict where an investment might move next.
- Time HorizonHow long you plan to keep money invested before you need it, which shapes how much risk makes sense.
- Index FundA fund that owns a broad slice of the market at low cost — the backbone of most investing.
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Knowing what Market Timing means is knowledge — the first half. A brick gets placed when you act on it.
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