# Fractional Shares Let You Invest by the Dollar – but Switching Brokers Sells Them

- Source: Money Crashers
- Published: 2026-11-04T20:50:00+00:00
- Category: Markets
- Original: https://www.moneycrashers.com/fractional-shares-catches/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/fractional-shares-let-you-invest-by-the-dollar-but-switching-brokers-s-79b132/

With fractional shares, every dollar of a small deposit is invested at once instead of waiting in cash for a whole share. Set up automatic monthly buys of one broad index fund at a fractional-share broker, and expect the fractions to be sold, not transferred, if you switch brokers. Source

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