Staggered investing
If an investor had made a staggered bet on CAC40 stocks – by investing the same amount quarter after quarter – he would never have emerged a loser – taking into account dividend payments – 8 years after his initial investment over the past 30 years. « Even the unluckiest saver in the world – who made his initial investment in the CAC40 in April 2000 (at the height of a historic stock bubble, especially Internet and high-tech stocks, note) – has earned an average of 0.87% per year eight years later, » Sandy Campart reports, based on his estimates. So he has successfully preserved his capital.
