you wouldn't go to a pure investment bank either and say I want to buy a hundred shares of Ford Motor Company, ? where is your stockbroker?

你不能去一个真正的投行然后说,我想买几百股福特汽车的股票，你的证券公司在哪里？

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I hate it when they tell me they want to buy me a new laptop.

我讨厌他们要给我买新笔记本电脑

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Most companies do splits because that might close the-- you might have been thinking about investing in Google but you could still--you could just say, I want to buy ten shares or five shares and the broker will do it for you, but they might charge a higher commission.

大部分公司会分割,因为这样会关闭...,比如你想投资谷歌,但是你可以说,我想买十股,或者五股,经纪人会照办,但是会索取更高的佣金

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