by Howard Haykin

Popularized during the pandemic by such relative newcomers as Robinhood, SoFi, and Stash, and by such branded names as Interactive Brokers, Schwab, and Fidelity, “stock slices” are fractional or pieces of a full share of a company stock or an exchange traded funds (ETF).

While "buy and hold" investment advisers would typically steer invsestors into a low-cost index fund, like the S&P 500 Index Fund - in which you'd be invested in a basket of, say, 500 or 1,000 stocks - many younger individuals would prefer to trade a select few ‘hot-ticket’ companies - like Amazon or NetFlix - rather than be passively invested in a basket of 'nameless' companies. That said, new investors should be mindful that trading can be treacherous and that "buying shares is easy, but knowing when to sell is difficult."  In any case, the choice is yours.  

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