Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA)
Investing a fixed dollar amount on a fixed schedule regardless of price, so more shares are bought when prices are low and fewer when high. DCA is less about beating lump-sum investing (it usually doesn't, statistically) and more about making investing automatic and emotionally survivable.
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