%%- Buying more each time market goes down further..."averaging", they call it. That's actually drilling holes to let water out when the boat is leaking.
The boat would simply sink faster.
Averaging works only during a minor pull back of a major uptrend and even experts may not handle it well.
%%- The song "On A Slow Boat To China":
Out on the briny With the moon big and shinny, Melting your heart of stone...
Why bother with a heart of stone? Find somebody with a tender heart to start out with.
%%- In mid-70s the hugely popular #1 hit "That's The Way (I Like It)" was banned in Singapore because it had, the authority said, "a neurotic undertone".
Of course it's the "uh-huh uh-huh" part they didn't approve of.
"Undertone"? I'd say it's the "overtone" the authority was nervous about.
"That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh, I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh..."