Shares

  

Categories: Stocks

Slices of pie. When you hear "shares," think: common stock. (See: Preferred Shares. See: Preferred Stock.)

You buy a share. Of stock. If a company has 10 million shares of stock and you own a million, you own 10% of the company; you get 10% of the vote for the board of directors. Welcome to America.

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