Thanks for all the good discussion and advice. I went ahead and downloaded my statements. Based on what was discussed I think that is about the best we can do short of spending excessive time and money, that in the end could be vulnerable to other risk anyways.

years ago i had a package of stock certificates i had to get to the broker get lost in shipping . i sold them and owed a whole lot of interest on them by the time they were located . i will never do that again . Thank you for sharing. That is a good point about the hassle involved. I guess in a rea...

years ago i had a package of stock certificates i had to get to the broker get lost in shipping . i sold them and owed a whole lot of interest on them by the time they were located . i will never do that again . Thank you for sharing. That is a good point about the hassle involved. I guess in a rea...

I found some good info if anyone is interested DRS https://the-international-investor.com/investment-faq/holding-shares-direct-registration Free DRS with scottrade https://advisor.scottrade.com/products-solutions/commissions-fees.html https://www.scottrade.com/documents/formscenter/SF4404_IncomingDi...

Browne talked about the PP and preparing against the unthinkable. I know there are cocnerns out there about the DTCC and having shares in street name ie your broker, vs your name. Now I know pulling stock certs is costly and maybe overkill. But I wonder would buying an S&p500 fund directly from ...