average down

average down definition - finance
An investment strategy that reduces the average cost of shares purchased. When prices are falling, then the same amount of money buys more shares. See also average up.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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