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- Path: sparky!uunet!world!ksr!zdenek
- From: zdenek@ksr.com (Zdenek Radouch)
- Newsgroups: misc.invest
- Subject: Re: street name vs delivery
- Keywords: stocks, steet name
- Message-ID: <20366@ksr.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 17:21:50 EST
- References: <22DEC199211174469@csa2.lbl.gov>
- Sender: news@ksr.com
- Organization: Kendall Square Research Corp.
- Lines: 14
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- -> 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
-
- I assume you lose your shareholder voting rights if you don't take the
- delivery, since your shares can be sold short.
- -Z
-