1 Once upon a time, when you bought broccoli you bought the whole vegetable, stems and crowns. Then it became customary for grocery store produce departments to separate the crowns from the stems and to sell the crowns at a premium. 2  Iâm not a fan of this practice, because I like both parts of the broccoli plant.
A company's first issue of common stock to the public is called an Initial Public Offering. Afterwards, a corporation may issue new equity at any time in order to finance its growth. When new common shares are offered to existing shareholders first, this is called a rights offering.
Buying $2,000 worth of shares in the first month, at $14.28 per share, would have resulted in only 140 shares â whereas in this example, using dollar-cost averaging over the course of the five-month period (during which you purchase shares at varying prices) netted you 150 shares at an average price of $13.36 per share.sing dollar-cost averaging, you could plan to make five monthly investments of $400 each, buying shares at both highs and lows.