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Dollar-cost averaging: time in the market beats timing the market
Flow's 'meal plan' for money: pick an amount, invest it every single paycheck automatically, and let compounding do the work — no market-timing required.
Dollar-cost averaging means committing a set amount to invest every paycheck — automatically — no matter what the market's doing. As Flow puts it, the focus "is not timing the market, it's time in the market." Keep pouring in a little, and over time it compounds.
The meal plan for your money
Flow frames it like meal prep: just as a meal plan decides in advance what you'll eat all week, his money plan decides in advance how you get "to a million dollars over time." The engine underneath is compounding — "have our money make money, and then have that money make even more money."
Time in the market, not timing it
The mechanic is simple: pick a number — say $200 a paycheck — set it to auto-deduct from your bank account, and have it invested into whatever you've chosen. "With dollar cost averaging, the focus is not timing the market — it's time in the market." You're not trying to guess the bottom; you're showing up every paycheck and letting time do the compounding.
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Flow the Investor is the creator of Heavy Returns, a financial-media brand teaching everyday people to invest and trade with discipline — what he calls Trained Money. He presents every video on the official @HeavyReturns channel.
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