There are a lot of well-known public companies. For example, even rookie investors know that you can buy shares of companies like Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). However, some of your favorite products might be produced by publicly traded companies and you didn't even realize it.
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