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[โ€“] Chapo0114@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah, thanks for the info. That's actually what I suspect is happening with the new fractional shares thing, but the brokerage is the one retaining control.

[โ€“] h3doublehockeysticks@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's worse than that, because a company bylaw also gives every GOOG stock a set value of a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a cent and a binding part of their issuance is the clause that they can demand to buy them back for that price at any time. Google can drop like pocket lint and instantly buy all GOOG stock back.