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Average downA strategy used by investors to reduce the average cost of shares, in which the investor purchases more shares with a fixed amount of capital as the price of the shares decrease. The investor receives more shares per dollar and decreases the average price per share.Average down Similar MatchesWeighted average lifeWeighted average lifeSee: Average life Average productAverage productThe average product of a factor in a firm or industry is its output divided by the amount of the factor employed. Average daily balanceAverage daily balanceA method for calculating interest in which the balance owed each day by a customer is divided by the number of days. See also: Adjusted balance method and previous balance method. Average lifeAverage lifeAlso referred to as the weighted-average life (WAL). The average number of years that each dollar of unpaid principal due on the mortgage remains outstanding. Average life is computed as the weighted-average time to the receipt of all future cash flows, using as the weights the dollar amounts of the principal paydowns. Moving Average Convergence/DivergenceMoving Average Convergence/DivergenceA technical analysis indicator developed in the 1960s by Gerald Appel which uses moving averages to indicate buy and sell opportunities. In very simple terms, it works like this:Take the difference between the 12 day moving average and the 25 day moving average over a period, and plot the figures on a chart.Draw the 9 day moving average of the previous calculation for the same period on the same chart. (known as the 'trigger line')Sell when the first line falls below the trigger line, and buy when it rises above.MACD works best on volatile stocks, however an analyst would take other indicators into account before making a decision. Further SuggestionsWeighted average remaining maturityAverage cost Average propensity Weighted average Coupon Average rate of return (ARR) General Average moving average Average collection period, or days receivables Average cost average price Weighted average maturity General Average Contribution Average propensity to import With Average (WA) Free of Particular Average Average tax rate Expost average rate of return Lipper Mutual Fund Industry Average IBCs money fund report average Trade-weighted average tariff Arithmetic average (mean) rate of return Yield to average life Dow Jones Industrial Average Average Directional Movement Average accounting return |
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