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can i buy stocks directly from a public company?
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if the company has a direct reinvestment plan or drip that they operate in house or contract out to a financial company to administer, yes. there can still be transaction fees, and none of these i know of offer real time trading.  your trade price will typically be defined in the plan as the opening or closing price on the trade date.  sometimes these plans offer odd lot sales at a recent running average price which could provide a hundred dollar or so arbitrage opportunity.
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