Good time to enter market? Looking to buy index funds and some mutual funds but heard that too much money is flowing into index funds. Is the market expected to come down another 1000 points?

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You are trusting anonymous strangers on fishbowl to tell you whether you should “time” the market? Please read up on a few personal investment books.

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Time in Market > Timing the Market

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It’s a cheaper time to enter than a few weeks ago. But no one knows if it’ll keep dropping in the near to medium term

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DCA at regular intervals, increase contribution if you feel market has gone down enough..

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How is that different from this?

Just invest, don’t freak if it dips, and continue investing regularly.

For long term investment the current price doesn’t matter. If you are looking for short term gains then you’ll have better luck in individual stocks than ETF

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