What Is Dollar-Cost Averaging? | Fidelity Investments

What's a simple way to invest consistently? Dollar-cost averaging is a strategy that helps build healthy investing habits. In this video we’ll break down how it works, highlight its key benefits and potential watchouts, and show you how to set it up using recurring investing on Fidelity.com. 00:00 Intro 00:13 What is dollar-cost averaging? 00:38 How do you set up dollar-cost averaging? 00:50 What are recurring investments? 01:12 What are the benefits of dollar-cost averaging? 01:25 How can dollar-cost averaging help your money grow? 02:13 How can dollar-cost averaging help take emotion out of investing? 02:25 Timing the market vs. time in the market 02:53 How can dollar-cost averaging help lower the cost of investments? 03:15 What are some of the drawbacks of dollar-cost averaging? 03:47 How do you set up recurring investing? 03:57 Sign off Learn more about dollar-cost averaging here: https://www.fidelity.com/learning-cen... Set up recurring investing here: https://www.fidelity.com/trading/recu... Questions? Drop them below 👇 and we’ll reply right in the comments. • To see more videos, subscribe on YouTube:    / fidelityinvestments   • Follow Fidelity on Reddit:   / fidelityinvestments   • Follow Fidelity on Instagram:   / fidelityinvestments   • Follow Fidelity on TikTok:   / fidelityinvestments   • Follow Fidelity on Facebook:   / fidelityinvestments   • Follow Fidelity on LinkedIn:   / fidelity-investments   • Follow Fidelity on Discord:   / discord   • Ask Fidelity on X:   / fidelity   1201168.2.0 #Investing #Fidelity #Money #Dollarcostaveraging #RecurringInvesting