> This is irrelevant - a US brokerage cannot arbitrarily trade your shares, whether or not your shares are held in street name. Indeed. It seems most people th

> This is irrelevant - a US brokerage cannot arbitrarily trade your shares, whether or not your shares are held in street name. Indeed. It seems most people think the Hypothecation agreement on a Margin account is something brokerages can do without having such an agreement on file. They can't.