| So you need to buy stock without a broker? Good | | | | commission to the broker each time they make a |
| idea, but unfortunately buying or selling stock is not | | | | transaction. However, while it would be cheaper to |
| as easy as buying or selling a car. To buy a stock, | | | | buy stock without a broker, they perform an |
| you need to be matched up with a seller, which is | | | | essential task in finding a future buyer when it is time |
| generally the role of the broker. While buying stock | | | | for you to sell, thereby making the system more |
| without a broker is certainly possible, it requires | | | | efficient. |
| finding a willing seller on your own, which is often a | | | | The other form that this question could take is: can I |
| difficult task. | | | | buy a stock without a broker's advice? By all means |
| Further compounding the issue is that most stock | | | | YES! This is the route more and more individuals are |
| purchasers rarely take delivery of their stock | | | | beginning to take in their stock buying as they realize |
| certificates anymore. While they are owner in name, | | | | in most cases their broker's advice is crap. Since |
| the broker usually ends up holding the physical | | | | broker's work on the basis of commission, their |
| certificates. This makes further sales of the stock | | | | incentive isn't always to get you to buy the best |
| difficult, unless of course, you use the broker. This | | | | stock, but to get the highest commission rate for |
| system isn't always necessarily in the best interest of | | | | themselves. |
| the customer, as it ends up costing them a | | | | |