Too embarrassed to ask: what is a share?

When people talk about investing, they often refer to putting money into “shares”, or buying “stocks and shares”. But what is a share anyway?

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When people talk about investing, they often refer to putting money into “shares”, or buying “stocks and shares”. But what is a share anyway?

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