Investing term

What is Scheduled contribution?

An automatic, recurring deposit from a funding source into your investment account.

A scheduled contribution is an automatic, recurring deposit from your bank into your investment account — the engine of consistent investing. By moving money before you can spend it, it makes saving the default and enforces dollar-cost averaging across all market conditions. Set it once and it quietly does the most important job: actually investing, month after month.

For example

A $400 transfer auto-fires every payday into your index fund — you invest relentlessly through bull and bear markets without lifting a finger.

Scheduled contribution is taught hands-on in Stage 11 — Automate, Compound & Start Early.

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Related terms

AutomateSet up recurring transfers so investing happens without your willpower.Behaviour gapThe gap between the returns a fund delivers and the returns its actual investors earn.Lump sumInvesting a large amount all at once instead of spreading it over time.Set and forgetAn investing approach where setup happens once and ongoing decisions are minimal or zero.
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