One of the big upsides of a DRIP is that this regular investment
in a particular stock assures you'll be benefiting from dollar cost averaging, meaning that because you're regularly investing — quarterly, in most cases — and because stocks rise and fall, you'll avoid buying a stock at its highest price.
One of the big upsides of a DRIP is that this regular investment
in a particular stock assures you'll be benefiting from dollar cost averaging, meaning that because you're regularly investing — quarterly, in most cases — and because stocks rise and fall, you'll avoid buying a stock at its highest price.
Not exact matches
Many investors even invest
in investments that track one or more
stock indexes
in an effort to reduce their risk and / or
assure themselves of a
particular level of return (though there are no guarantees).