Actually, when you buy a share of a company in the US, unless you're getting a physical stock certificate (which no one does), the registration isn't even assig

Actually, when you buy a share of a company in the US, unless you're getting a physical stock certificate (which no one does), the registration isn't even assigned to you. It's assigned to the Depository Trust Company. You as an individual are then several layers of indirection removed from that.