There are two common reasons for fractional investing. One is that you have a limited amount of money to invest and the individual shares of stocks that you want are too expensive. The other, related, issue is that you want to diversify and don’t want to wait a year or two to purchase one share each of several stocks. In a world where individual stock prices have gone higher and higher, one option is to buy fractional shares. But, is fractional investing good or just a compromise?