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Dollar cost averaging is the process of buying additional stock to help recoup losses in a losing trade. Here's why it is one of the biggest mistakes a trader can make.

For any investor deciding to enter the market, the decision of whether to jump in head first or buy in incrementally can have huge implications on the performance of the investment.

The 2023 limits on earning for people receiving Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits are different from that for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients. The Social Security Administration administers both programs, but each program serves different groups of people. Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits are reserved for workers and former workers who become disabled either by an injury or illness that prevents them from working for at least 12 months. Eligibility for SSD benefits depends on whether the applicant worked and paid taxes for long enough and recently enough to earn the minimum number of work credits. Typically, it takes 10 years of work to accrue the required work credits, with half earned during the 10 years before filing a claim for SSD benefits. The Supplement Security Income (SSI), on the other hand, is available only to disabled people who have low income and very limited financial resources. Typically, SSI recipients will have been unable to become eligible for SSD benefits because their disability prevented them from working long enough to accumulate the required work credits. SSD and SSI Recipients Allowed to Earn Different Amounts Each of these programs has different rules and regulations that apply to how much a benefits recipient can earn and still continue to receive benefits. The only significant criteria that both program share is the definition of what constitutes a disability: According to the Social Security Administration, a disability is a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that last or is expected to last for 12 months (or results in death) and prevents the person from performing substantial gainful activities. Let's look at the Social Security Disability program first. For Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits, there is a monthly limit to how much you can earn through work activity, called the Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) limit. In 2023, the SGA limit for non-blind indiv