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- From: schindler@csa2.lbl.gov
- Newsgroups: misc.invest
- Subject: street name vs delivery
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 11:17 PST
- Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - Berkeley, CA, USA
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- I've noticed that I very infrequently receive quarterly and annual reports
- from Pacific Brokerage Service (PBS). I called this morning to find out
- whether it mattered if the securities are held in a margin account, cash
- account or if I take delivery. The answer is that quarterly report forwarding
- is very sporadic and it is best to take delivery of the certificates.
-
- So now I'm considering taking delivery of the certificates and weighing the
- pros and cons. I'm wondering about the incoonvenience of having to send the
- certificates in when I sell. Are you supposed to send them certified mail?
- (If so, that would mean going to the post office every time I sold a stock.
- This is much more inconvenience than just dropping the certificates in a mail
- box.) Has anyone ever had any problem if they didn't use certified mail?
-
- What happens if a certificate is lost or stolen while in my possession. I
- know you should have the certificate numbers recorded somewhere in case this
- happens, but how much pain is involved in replacing the certificates?
-
- I've identified the following pros and cons for deciding whether to take
- delivery of stock certificates.
-
- pros: * more timely dividends
- * quarterly and annual reports
- * no hassle or illiquid positions if the brokerage firm goes under
-
- cons: * inconvenience of sending certificates back in
- * risk of losing certificates
- * securities cannot be margin collateral
-
- Does you know of any others?
-
- For example, if I like to write calls against long stock positions, will the
- borkerage firm think I am trying to write a naked call if I don't have the
- securities on deposit with them? Will they refuse to sell my call?
-
- Aaron "hates these life or death decisions :)" Schindler
-