What if · since 2016 · Europe

What if I invested $1,000 every week in Europe since 2016?

Historical result of $1,000 weekly Europe DCA starting 2016 — contributions, portfolio value, and SteadyGrow adaptive comparison.

2016-01-012026-08-28

$1000/week · Weekly DCA · Europe

Contributed$557,000
Blind DCA value$1,017,332
Return+82.6%
SteadyGrow value$1,492,200
vs blind DCA+$474,868
Lump sum (same capital)$1,397,640
Europe2016-01-01 → 2026-08-28 · $1000/week
 +$474,868 vs blind (+46.7%)Ended +46.7%
Blind DCASteadyGrow
$980$384k$767k$1.15M$1.53M2016-012018-022020-042022-052024-072026-08

What if your contribution wasn't always the same?

Blind DCA deploys $1000/week every period. SteadyGrow keeps the same long-term habit but sizes weeks from valuation and regime — more when markets are cheap, less when they're stretched.