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Provided by Dow Jones By Jason Zweig Stocks are near record highs, but they re finally getting cheaper to buy. No longer do investors need to buy a minimum of 100 shares at a time or even one full share, often at prohibitive cost. Fractional-share trading enables you to purchase a sliver of a share with as little as $1, putting a stake in single stocks within anyone s reach. As with any technology, whether that s good or bad depends on how you use it. After a decadelong bull market, buying the average stock has never required more capital. Seven companies in the S&P 500 have share prices above $1,000, including Google s parent Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com Inc., AutoZone Inc. and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. s Class A stock costs more than $330,000 per share. ....