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On the average, investing the same amount of money each period with dollar cost averaging allows you to pay less per share than you would if you had bought the same number of shares each period.
True. When you average the prices, you find that you have paid less per share than you would have if you had bought the same number of shares each period.
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Compared to buying the same number of shares each period, if you invest the same amount of money instead with dollar cost averaging, you will usually _________.
Pay less per share. When you average the prices you pay, you find that you have paid less per share.
3.
In dollar cost averaging, what is the formula for average price per share?
Total amount paid divided by number of shares bought. This yields the average price you paid per share.
4.
Dollar cost averaging is the practice of _______.
Putting the same amount of money into an investment each period. In other words, you are buying the same dollar amount of shares each period.
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Imagine that you have bought $800 worth of stock shares over four months. Due to price fluctuations, the number of shares you bought was 195. What is the average price per share?
$4.10. Divide the total amount you paid ($800) by the number of shares bought (195).