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- From: krol@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Ed Krol)
- Subject: Re: street name vs delivery
- Message-ID: <BztA4C.3w0@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- References: <22DEC199211174469@csa2.lbl.gov> <20366@ksr.com> <rlcarr.09ab@animato.network23.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 10:50:21 GMT
- Lines: 27
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- rlcarr@animato.network23.com (Rich Carreiro) writes:
-
- >In article <20366@ksr.com> zdenek@ksr.com (Zdenek Radouch) writes:
- >> -> 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.
-
- Actually you don't lose your voting rights, but it is a bit more
- inconvienent to vote your shares in person. If you want to attent
- a shareholders meeting and vote your shares you have to make arrangements
- through your broker I think.
-
- wrt: dividends, I would say it is less timely. When my dividend
- arrives in my brokerage acct in street name, it goes into a money
- market fund immediately. When I hold the certificates it gets
- mailed to me and sits on the table for a while til I deposit it.
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