STOCK MARKETregularinvestmentof afixedsumofmoneyso that youbuymoreshareswhen thepriceislowand fewershareswhen thepriceis high:dollar/pound, etc. cost averagingWithpoundcostaveragingyouevenout thepeaksandtroughsof thesharepriceduring theyear.(Definition ofcost averagingfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcost averaging
cost averagingDollarcostaveragingand a pay-yourself-first approach were also used to encourage clients to invest on a regular basis.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Volatility of cash surrender values, especially at late duration, can cause a reverse dollarcostaveraging effect that results in higher costs of insurance charges.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Dollarcostaveragingis not always the most profitable way to invest a large sum, but it minimizes downside risk.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In contrast, dollar (or pound etc.)costaveragingand market timing are phrases often used in marketing of collective investments and can be said to be associated with speculation.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.From these data, the day price was calculated by totalcostaveraging, that is, dividing the total expenditures by the total number of hospitalization days of that period.From theCambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/cost-averaging##
