Is there a minnimum amount of shares you have to buy or can you buy just one or two?
372066
yes no limit to amount of shares....but limit on the amount u need to open a account...scottrade cheapest at only 500 dollars needed...
1038537
There was 1000 shares available for sale when you entered the ordered and that amount was filled.  15 min. later 1100 more became available.   There has to be a seller willing to sell for you to purchase.  This is especially true on orders placed at a particular price but it also happens on market orders.  A portion of the order will be filled at a particular price and other portions at other prices.
53924
Brokerage minimums vary...but Scottrade is $500 to open an account. Check out sharebuilder.com too if you want to buy small chunks..they have plans where you can invest X amount each month into a specific stock.\n\nAlso, some companies allow you to buy stock directly from them. Usually, it's a $250 or so min. Check out the website of a company you are thinking of investing in and look at their investors link. You can also go to www.equiserve.com (they manage direct stock purchase plans for hundreds of companies).\n\nAvoid cheap stocks < $10. They are cheap for a reason and usually of bad quality... Your money is better spent on high quality stocks....especially if it's your first purchase. "expensive" is relative.
97714
You can buy stock/mutul funds/CDs. But, it depends on when in the future do you need the money.
494925
If you had 100 shares in XYZ company and they were selling for $100 per share, you would then have 200 shares selling at $50 per share if it were a 2 for 1 split.  Total value is not impacted but price per share is.
183014
Companies do not set a specific amount to purchase per year. Oxy announced plans to repurchase 10 millions shares of its common stock. However, based on market conditions, they may add another 20 million shares to the buyback. Share buybacks are always done at times when the company believes its shares are undervalued, so they are in essence cheap. Also, by taking shares off the market, they increase the EPS (earnings per share) that will be reported the following year.
569520
You can issue:\n1.Stock that has 10 voting right.\n2.Stock that has 1 voting right.\n3.Stock that has no voting right.\nYou give others the 1 voting right or no voting right stocks while you keep the 10 voting right stocks. \nGoogle does it.
374380
Open an account with brokerage company, and buy all the shares you like.
44705
Buy shares in different public companies
451534
Check out the nasdaq website. Look up that company, find out how much one share of stock is selling for. Then find out the number of available shares. Then multiply the two. That's your answer.\n\nThat doesn't mean you could buy the company for that figure, but that will answer your question.
495926
Just sell enough shares to cover the amount of money you originally invested.  For instance, if you put $1000.00 in a stock that was $0.50/share when you bought it, you should have around 2000 shares.  If the stock is now $1.00/share and you want to take out your initial investment, just sell 1000 shares.  Your sale should net around $1000.00 or 1000 shares which leaves only the profit invested.  You can then use the original $1000.00 to invest in another stock.
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Because you want to increase the number of shares in general, to allow for more trading.\n\nEspecially if you own a significant amount of the company, it benefits you to have a 2-2 split because you can sell more shares but maintain your equity position.\n\nSuppose a company has 100,000 shares of common stock and the majority owner holds 60% of those shares (60,000). If he sells 10,000 shares, he only owns 50% of the company; meaning he's probably in charge, but could be overruled.\n\nIf there's a 2-2 split, he can still sell 10,000 shares, but hold a 55% majority -- he's still in charge of the company.
520068
In different ways according to the company scheme and how high up the management chain you go.  At bottom you save money in a building society run scheme (employee sharesave or similar name) which you can use to buy shares at a discount at the end of a specified period (3 yrs or 5 yrs usually). You don't have to buy the shares. \nAnother company provides 1 share for every two you buy, then they are held on your behalf for a qualifying period. These are usually worthwhile schemes.  \nStock options usually refers to part of the fat cats remuneration package, and is simply an option to buy company shares (at a heavy discount) at a stated price and date in the future. Very nice if you can get it.
525902
You now have 2 call options (200 shares) if it's a 2 for 1 split.  Works the same as a stock split.  More stock lower price.
849474
have you noticed how many people just reply with utter crap?\nand don't even read your question properly.\nanyway in that short space of time, not much can be done, your only hope is to buy a porfolio on the stock market, which is buying multiple shares to balance out the risks. you could buy now online with a broker they will do it all for you (thats their job)\nthen sell them just before xmas, think wisely as buying stocks in menial things before xmas can sometimes be huge sellers at the actual xmas period and same vice cersa
401930
I'm not sure what company your looking to buy but if you don't have a ton of money I would suggest www.sharebuilder.com
103409
Not sure I understand the question.  If you want to change your shares owned, then buy more or sell some depending on the current price.