what is buying a fraction of a share from a company means and how does that generates me money
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A share is a somewhat arbitrary and antiquated abstraction for owning X percent of a company. A fraction of a share is a fraction of a percent. Companies need to decide how many shares a company has to allocate ownership. There are different classes of shares (for example, preferred shares which allow early investors to cash out before other shareholders during an IPO)
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