ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

SAVING AND INVESTING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
True or False:By automatically reinvesting dividends, you are buying additional shares and increasing your investment.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dividend reinvestment can be a good strategy because it is: Cheap: Reinvestment is automatic-you won’t owe any commissions or other brokerage fees when you buy more shares.

Detailed explanation-2: -Some companies offer dividend reinvestment plans (DRP). These enable investors to automatically reinvest dividend payments into new shares in the company. DRPs generally allow investors to reinvest either a portion or all of a dividend payment into new shares.

Detailed explanation-3: -A dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP or DRP) is a plan offered by a company to shareholders that it allows them to automatically reinvest their cash dividends in additional shares of the company on the dividend payment date.

Detailed explanation-4: -With dividend reinvestment, any cash dividends you receive can be automatically reinvested into additional fractional shares of that company.

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