Assuming a 60/40 portfolio in the United States, lump sum investing beat out dollar cost averaging after a 10 year period by 2.3%. So I don't think we're talking about huge sums of money.

If you’re considering whether to reinvest the capital at once or drip it into your account bit by bit, here’s why lump sum investing is better than dollar-cost averaging, most of the time.

On a recent episode of her “Women & Money” podcast, Suze Orman broke down three common investment strategies: lump-sum ...

You can forfeit higher gains: If a stock is at a low price and starts climbing, you will earn less than if you had invested all the money as a lump sum. You are not 100% invested: The dollar cost ...

This money is being “dollar cost averaged,” meaning that a predetermined amount of invested money buys more when the market is down and less when the market is up. Image: Chirag P. Shah, MD ...

In sum, there’s no reason to be terrified of the consequences if the dollar should lose its special international status. But that said, it’s really hard to see that happening in the first place.

The dollar is not just the currency used in the U.S., it is very much the world's currency. It's been that way for 80 years – but that could change. Luis Robayo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption ...

On a recent episode of her “Women & Money” podcast, Suze Orman broke down three common investment strategies: lump-sum investing, dollar-cost averaging, and value-cost averaging.