Dollar-cost averaging can protect against inflation

Young couples in the USA should look at buying a first home, or moving up if the pricing in your area allows greater quality and size. In Canada most areas have more fully-valued real estate, however stock markets on both sides of the border tend to experience weakness during the 3rd year of a US Presidency, and 2011 is proving the rule. It is usually too early to pump the economy for the new election, and too late for the honeymoon effect to linger, so the third year is traditionally soft.

Staring a dollar-cost averaging program to accumulate green equity and other socially responsible investment funds is a prudent strategy. Even if you can only invest 50 dollars per month, or 100 or 200 dollars, over time this will become substantial through compound growth. And, if inflation returns in future years, you'll have bought a lot of shares at today's deflated, depressed prices.

Turtles can not only beat the hare in certain races, they can also outlive them ten or even a hundred times.