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When you invest in shares, you become a part-owner of a big business. It doesn’t matter whether the company is Telstra, Qantas, one of the major banks, or a resource giant like BHP, as a shareholder you own a slice of the business – and that’s pretty exciting.

Being a shareholder lets you have a say in how a company is being run – if you are prepared to attend the annual general meeting. But for most investors the real appeal

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