I'm a passive investor, not into market timing at all. I'm also not trying to get into valuations and math.
Yet, over the past ten years, I'm investing lesser and lesser because of discomfort with prices. I bought Amazon when it was $200, Google at $300, VTSAX at $36, a house when it was $200k that currently costs $350k. I have cash to invest, but find myself unable to pull the trigger because now it's too expensive.
There must be others who have the same hesitation as me. It probably has a name. No, it's not because I think things are overvalued - it's simply that I bought it cheaper so now I'm unable to buy it at the higher price.
I've been buying all manner of new etfs to help with this since they have price histories that I'm not familiar with but I don't want to fragment my investments anymore since I'm not a savvy investor. How do I deal with this dread? I haven't previously used automatic withdrawals to invest, but I'm going to try that over the rest of the year.
Submitted September 07, 2018 at 12:18AM by CactusMead https://ift.tt/2NTCVwB
