Definition:
Accumulation
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In the corporate finance world, accumulation refers to profits that are retained by the company rather than paid out as dividends.In the context of investments, accumulation refers to the purchase of a large number of shares over a period of time by an institutional broker in order to avoid pushing the price of that share up.
For mutual funds, accumulation refers to the regular investing of a fixed amount while reinvesting dividends and capital gains.
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