Many beginning investors struggle to come up with money to buy stocks. Most brokers let you open accounts with small deposits, but expensive shares mean you won't be able to buy much. Many companies have shares that cost hundreds or thousands of dollars — if you only have $50 or $100 every month to invest, what can you do?

Fractional shares solve this problem. You can buy into stocks that would otherwise be out of your budget. You'll need to find the right broker to do this, so we're going to share the best fractional shares brokerage accounts.

The Ascent's best brokers for buying fractional shares (continued)

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