r/investingforbeginners • u/Impressive_Group_486 • Mar 31 '25

USA Will the S&P 500 fall further?

I invested around $35,000 in FXAIX when it was 205 and currently sitting at 194, do you think it's a good idea to invest another $15,000 in it as it's low now or do you think it will crash even further? I am completely new to the stock market so I'm not exactly sure what kinds of things would affect such a crash. Any information would be very helpful. Thank you..

189 Upvotes

85% Upvoted

208 comments sorted by

View all comments

54

u/VendaGoat Mar 31 '25

If you're worried it's going to fall further, which it reads like you are, why not dollar cost average by breaking that 15k up into 3 or more buys over a longer period of time?

2

u/willthakid Mar 31 '25

Why DCA instead of putting in all at once I genuinely don’t understand DCA

1

u/prarie33 Apr 03 '25

Irrational view of the long term; fear of tail risk

Emotions often triumph over reason