Please login below, for login help click here. A reliable investment strategy: Identify a widely diversified portfolio of high-quality stocks and build up additional holdings at favorable prices.

Even small investors can follow such a strategy by investing through dividend reinvestment plans DRIPs. That's because it takes ownership of only a single share of company stock to establish an account. Therefore, there is nothing to stop you from buying companies in a variety of industries.

As for buying at favorable prices, dollar-cost averaging virtually assures that you will buy most shares at favorable prices. And DRIPs provide an excellent way to dollar-cost average. These plans allow you to invest cash amounts to buy shares directly from the company. That's different than the traditional way to invest, which is to pay brokerage fees to buy a certain number of shares. Exxon Mobil Corporation is an energy company. The Company is engaged in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas, manufacturing of petroleum products, and transportation and sale of crude oil, natural gas and petroleum products.

The Company also manufactures and markets petrochemicals, including olefins, aromatics, polyethylene and polypropylene plastics, and various specialty products.

The Company operates through the Upstream, Downstream, Chemical, and Corporate and Financing segments. The Upstream segment operates to explore for and produce crude oil and natural gas. The Downstream segment operates to manufacture and sell petroleum products. The Chemical segment operates to manufacture and sell petrochemicals. The Company's projects include the Kearl project, Heidelberg project, the Point Thomson project, the Hadrian South project, the Lucius project, the Barzan project, the Arkutun-Dagi project, and the Upper Zakum project, among others.

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How to Invest Using Direct Stock Purchase Plans

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DRIPs can help you do that.

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