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street name

The name of the brokerage firm in which an investor's stocks are registered. Stocks can be registered in either the investor's name or the brokerage firm's name, the street name, but having the stocks under a street name makes trading easier.

Last edited on March 26, 2009

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S-1 registration statement	safety	sales fee
secondary market	sector fund	securities
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