of the company. so when you buy stock, you get a piece of paper, you get a certificate that says that you own part of this company. and because you own part of the company, you have certain rights. you can make… you can vote for changes, you can vote for things that the company should do.
now, what is a share? a share is an equal piece of the stock. so, for example, a company sells $100 worth of stock. that's the full amount of the ownership that the company makes available to the public. now, this stock, this total amount, they divide into 100 shares. okay? so you buy 