From the Securities Investor Protection Corporation website, http://www.sipc.org/pdf/HSPY_English_2011.pdf : “Terms of SIPC help. Customers of a failed brokerage firm get back all securities (such as stocks and bonds) that already are registered in their name or are in the process of being registered.” Securities registered in the “Street Name” of the brokerage do not appeared … Continue reading SIPC Protection of your Brokerage Account