Dollar-cost averaging

Dollar-cost averaging is investing a fixed amount at fixed intervals whatever the price, so you buy more units when cheap and fewer when dear. It is sizing by calendar, which works for holding without leverage and stops working once a liquidation price exists. The Buffett way is its long case.

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