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Dollar-cost averaging

German: Cost-Average-Effekt

Investing a fixed amount at regular intervals, which buys more shares when prices are low and fewer when they are high.

Your average cost per share ends up below the average price over the period. It helps when investing from regular income, but doesn’t beat the market: when a lump sum is available, investing it right away has historically done better about two-thirds of the time.