I purchased some dividend paying stocks recently and discovered something that I never thought of before, but probably should have. One of the stocks paid a dividend and the dividend was reinvested and used to purchase a fraction of a share. So now I own 12.21 shares. I want to sell all of the shares, but Vanguard won't allow me to sell fractions of a share. I guess I could just hold on to it forever, but eventually I will have to sell it. Do I need to hold it until I get a whole number of shares again? Or is there another way to get it back to a whole number of shares? I don't think I can purchase a fraction of a share either to get it to a whole number.
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