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title: Just Keep Buying
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type: book
author: Nick Maggiulli
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status: reference
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| **Author** | Nick Maggiulli |
| **Domain** | Investing, data-driven finance |
| **Status** | Reference |

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## Core Ideas

- **Consistent investing beats timing** — data-driven case that regular contributions outperform trying to time the market
- **Save what you can, invest what you save** — the habit matters more than the amount
- **Time in market > timing the market** — even investing at the worst possible times beats not investing

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## Why It Matters to Me

Good complement to Housel's behavioral lens — this is the data-driven "just do it" case. Reinforces our approach of consistent retirement contributions and long-term index fund investing.

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## Where It Shows Up

- Financial-Health — listed as a complement to Housel