Dollar Cost Averaging Versus Lump Sum Calculator
Dollar Cost Averaging Versus Lump Sum: a planned Super Calculator tool. Covers amount (currency). Stub page while the tool and its worked example are prepared.
Dollar Cost Averaging Versus Lump Sum Calculator is a planned calculator in the finance section of Super Calculator, covering investing and portfolio.
What this calculator will compute
Inputs: amount (currency), averaging period (months), expected return (%), volatility (%) and historical window.
Outputs: terminal value under each (currency), probability lump sum wins (%), outcome dispersion and average purchase price (currency).
Formula, recorded as scope and not yet verified against a primary source: Compares investing a sum immediately against spreading it over n periods, against a historical or simulated return path. Because markets rise more often than they fall, lump sum wins in a majority of historical windows, while averaging reduces the dispersion of outcomes.
Status
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