It will be easier to go check out post in jungle “Book vs. Plan at Computershare…”, but the skinny is: on video in an AMA, Paul Conn directly explains the difference between “book“ and ”plan“.

Essentially, ComputerShare needs to keep a certain amount of shares at the DTC for liquidity purposes, per whatever amount of shares are held in “plan”. These shares are owned by ComputerShare, and then beneficially owned by you. Not all “plan” shares are routed this way, like it’s not 1 to 1. But, per “y amount” held in plan, “x amount” needs to be held at DTC. Technically, “plan” shares are still DRS’d under ur name, and technically not allowed to be lent out…….we know how that goes, but who knows, maybe ComputerShare-owned shares actually aren’t f’d with?

“Book” shares on the other hand, are what Paul referred to as “pure drs”. No subclasses, no beneficial ownership via ComputerShare where ”x” amount is actually still at DTC, no nothing but 1 share in book = 1 share in ur name and ur name only, while also being completely removed from anything DTC.

I know there’s been a lot of waffling on this issue over the months, and was surprised to not find an updated post here. Forgive me if there is one, but I only found posts showing how to make the change from plan to book, without the info as to why making this change is what’s up. No need to trust me, watch the video where Paul Conn explains it himself.

This is the first part of a 2 part post because the video exceeds reddit's upload limits. Here is the link to part 2.

This is also Part 7 of my Computershare DD Series.

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AMA with Paul Conn, President of Global Capital Markets at Computershare

Part 1

https://reddit.com/link/rloc2f/video/qiutc2t27y681/player

Video part 2

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Pink: Thank you for joining us. Today we’re talking to Paul Conn, President of [Global Capital Markets at*] Computershare. Quick note.. Of course none of this constitutes financial advice as none of us are financial advisors. So having said that, Paul, welcome!

Paul Conn (Paul): Thank you, Pink. Great to spend some time with you and your audience.

Pink: Likewise. So I want to get right into the rights and benefits of DRS for Retail investors. In your last AMA, when discussing why DRS isn't a more commonly known investment strategy, you talked about how it's basically in brokers' and banks' best interest to keep shares in 'street' registration to provide market liquidity. Considering we retail investors have few resources to provide information counter to that, can you expand a bit on the benefits of DRS for a long-term investor (such as the rights DRS may bestow)?

Paul: Sure, and thank you for the question. So the DRS Direct Registration System has been around for 20 years. Many investors that are holding their securities through banks and brokers are holding directly with the banks and brokers through a nominee system at the DTC and I think many of your audience are familiar with that holding structure and the way in which they do business with banks and brokers today. The DRS system, by comparison, allows your audience to hold their shares directly on the register of the company in which they're invested, without having to hold a share certificate. So they get the benefits of an electronic holding, as evidenced through a statement that is issued. The shares can be transferred to any broker through whom the party wants to transact. But the key benefit is that the investor's name is recorded directly on the re

I've just been picking the number based on my daily horoscope but I'm pretty sure that goody-two-shoes Will Boimler is starting to catch on

This is the second part of a 2 part post because the video exceeds reddit's upload limits.

Video Part 1

This is also part of the Computershare DD Series.

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AMA with Paul Conn, President of Global Capital Markets at Computershare

Part 2

https://reddit.com/link/rlota7/video/9fz595only681/player

Transcript

Pink: You really have been listening, it sounds like.

Paul: Well it's hard not to, to be perfectly honest.You can be quite a vocal group when you put your minds to it. So we understand that, we picked up themes, and we're trying to respond where we think it's appropriate and within our capability.

Pink: You've done very well, and we just want to again reiterate how encouraging it is to see you guys listening and responding to the feedback with improvements... Is there a streamlined way you would prefer retail clients to provide feedback on their experience to you to see more immediate improvement like we just talked about?

Paul: I would say we're just catching up with events of the last 12-14 weeks- or whenever this really started to catch on and people really started to talk about direct registration of shares. I know there's been discussion on this for a longer period of time, but it seems like around 12 weeks ago it started to really take off. And that's when we really noticed and people were calling us, colleagues of mine were being called all around the world and everyone's like 'we need to do something about this'. And so the way in which we did that was to respond through the FAQ process. Which is really the only way an organization of our size can interact with such a large group of individuals who are dispersed all around the world, and to try to have some coherence to the messaging. So we listen from a kind of thematic perspective and then push responses out through the FAQ process. I think we've got that- I would never say under control- but I think we've got a good rhythm now between the marketplace and trying to respond to these questions as best we can, we can't respond to all of them. We are happy if people want to email us if they've got a very specific feature or function that's necessary that isn't being dealt with through t

Good morning everyone. The market roared back after being down a lot in the AM. To be honest the news was bad.. Months ago we went from no rate rises until 2023…Now we are assured of 2-3 rate rises and probably as early as March/April. Tapering is when the Fed helps a lot of companies/banks by buying bonds [Therefore assuring loans be paid/and as a solid lender showing support] is going to slowly wind down. When there are no buyers of debt, banks wont back up a debt, and the fed wont… smaller companies will have a harder time securing funds and will pay higher rates. I am not going to get to political/economical because we all have our beliefs/perspectives on life/finances/living… but when the government helps people/companies to much, to often they become to dependent on this money, and it really is no good.. but I will not get into that… I am not a straight Republican and definitely not a Democrat, but hey I am a nobody…just know if the fed eases up loans, raises rates.. this will be bad for 90% of the companies that trade.. Not every company has the cash flows and balance sheet to do what CONN did and announce a buy of 33% of the entire company! That is what is necessary when your stock falls and you need to fight back…..

So HMPT, LDI, NLS? NLS spent a lot of their cash buying inventory and have 140 million in inventory that is paid for as of October 1st… But think about this..The entire company is valued at 200 million and last quarter had 85 million in cash after paying off debt.. Generating close to 100 million per year profit……I do not like that they are going to forego profits the next 2 quarters to grow subscriber base. They are giving JRNY a $150 product for free in all their high end equipment which will eat into profits for the next several months. We will not know the results until 6-12 months but they have 200K paid members and hope to grow it to at least 350k by the end of 2022. By the way it is fantastic! I got it up and running near Thanksgiving…..LDI is owned 40% by its CEO, I tell my elite team he should get a loan and buy the rest of the company. They slammed earnings and the stock is near an all time low, same as HMPT. Incredible earnings but the market doesn’t care.. They need to take a page out of CONN’s book!

I will still focus on cash cows companies with strong financials so if things go sour they can do something. ZIM, GOGL, SBSW etc… I wasn’t crazy about near term guidance with SBSW but it should still be 15-16, this is ridic

Good morning everyone. Thank goodness it is Friday. The Nasdaq looks to be around 15,000 today at open….All time high 16,200.. Why do I keep using the Nasdaq and not SP. Take a look at watch lists, isn’t the DOW, SP misleading? In actuality every index is misleading because they are cap weighted. But aside from the VIX [fear index] and ARKK [Cathie Wood speculative etf from the start] I am not sure what ticker/index we can look at to accurately tell us what is going on… The VIX [fear] is the easiest to use and I have used this about 15 years. There was an article yesterday posted by someone who started about 18 months ago that is up about 125% with the trader’s learning curve. I bookmarked it and I think it is a good journey. There is a lot of trial and error. I have posts about this, videos that date back thru APRIL when I first started on Youtube April 1st about a correction and how to trade in a bad market. You would not use Nasdaq to gauge, BBD, IVR, NYMT..but for the growth and speculative stocks..When VIXX is near 30 or above [$VIX1Y.X] it means there is a lot of volatility and stay away! This index was not as easy to use when there was strong support on SP, DOW…generally all 3 move in tandem and this index is good. When things are clear you will see it at 15-20.. I would say 10 trading days, 2 weeks without the index above 25 should mean some safety.. But I look at many signs but this is an extremely good one.

The article yesterday touched on earnings season and how generally it has always been the most crucial piece of news a company can have, before Covid that is….but it still does have meaning… I am waiting for smart money and big money to rotate into defensive/super defensive.. When I see speculation crash that is a sign to me that the coast is clear. If there are still people gambling it means that there still needs to be a flush… Maybe some furus cant explain why crashes happen… but that is why, it causes fear, new traders, people without solid funds, sell or are over leveraged and forced to sell, generally retail.. You get discounts 50-80% off on some high growth stocks with sales 50%+ that is what I am looking for. I have told many on my elite team…if this never happens, then it means I will trade my super defensive/defensive stocks only… I was saying to some yesterday, you can check daily plays July/August/September, I was throwing tons of grenades…. You can check Daily plays in March I was trading tons of offensive stocks….we must

Good morning everyone. Not even going to pretend yesterday was good. That said I am near 60% cash and I am just waiting because it doesn’t make sense to go in deep when you clearly see bad signs. Last year when Covid started the only reason I was down just 30% is because I had over 50% cash…. The same in 2008! I would have been down more if I was fully invested. I am not buying the dips on offensive stocks, maybe if it down 5-10% in the same day I will start a position. I will continue to buy the dips on cash cows, I had a video on this but it wasn’t devoted to dips I may do that later or in a few days.

I trade cash cows because the cash cows have something to fight back if there is a serious stock drop. People ask me constantly when do I think PTON is cheap, UPST, DKNG, PYPL, SQ Etc.. it is very simple, it is when it becomes attractive enough to a big whale to buy, or retail….. if not the company itself has to be generating cash and have great financials. If so you will have what is happening with CONN NOW!

The power to give dividends/special dividends

The power to buyback, when the stock is cheap [A F U to the market for the low price]

The power to buy another company that is generating cash and will bring immediate value to your own company…

If you are buying dips on these grenades, runners, or even a Hot potato like PYPL you are basically relying on others to come in and buy to support the stock price. Let me tell you, I have been trading since a kid, when things hit the fan everyone is running. I don’t care if you are TSLA! Everyone for themselves when there is a collapse.. Why TSLA? TSLA is a well known name in the world and worth neary 1 trillion. They have 17 billion in cash and 14 billion in debt that is not FUD! Check yourself… So if the stock crashes what is the likelihood that TSLA can save themselves a big fat 0!!! In fact and this is a fact! That when Musk is done selling and he isn’t yet, he will have more cash than TSLA and because retail is giving him this amazing exit opportunity! This is also not fud, CONN announced a 150 million buyback. You can do that when you have cash over debt, have positive cash flows and generate money… Many of you are clueless TLSA is a cash burner not generator. The company has burned over 20 billion in cash and funded by retail! FACTS! For this reason why is PYPL cheap? PYPL is not very profitable… it is cheap based on when the stock was sky high? That is not a good reason, their financials are not tha

Please loop him in, he is the ELDEST SON!!

If Osgood won the Conn Smythe in 2008 instead of Zetterberg, would he be in the Hall of Fame conversation? The knock on him has always been he's a good goalie with great teams in front of him. Personally, I think this take is unfair. Watch his performance in both the 2008 and 2009 playoffs, and you'd see he was more than just "good". There would be no rematch with the Penguins without Osgood.

Good morning everyone. So far this week is definitely better than the last 2 weeks but for me that does not mean it is ok to buy the high fliers. I was actually bidding on puts yesterday on 4 different high fliers and will continue to do so if 1 of them rally, I buy into the rally by selling puts. Much like stocks, I buy on the dips and sell into the rips… Red days are when you want to get quality names on sale and sell when they have regular pricing. My team and I have done this for weeks. [BBD, NYMT, SBSW, GOGL, AAN, TX, ZEUS ETC] Quality, as in names with a PE, earnings, last 2 quarters have been good. If you are unsure or do not have the funds you can buy bullish bets known as CALLS.

You make the most money and the fastest on stocks but have to commit a lot of capital. If you do not have the capital and can be patient you can diversify by buying 10 different calls rather than just 1 stock. You wont win immediately because options move slower..,. but if you win 1 a day and after 2 weeks win 5 of the 10 with limited risk, that is the safer play……I last traded options in 2017, at that time I traded 80% stocks and 20% options, at the moment because I am cautious of the market I am probably 50/50% and will remain that way until I see signs that it is over.. Last week Nasdaq was down 7% at its worst, if the Nasdaq is down 15% and we see many trading sessions where it no longer drops heavy I will buy the dips on offensive plays.. I have videos where you do not want to buy a dip on a 300 stock at 150 because it may go down to 50…..I am buying dips on those super defensive. And some defensive like CONN, ZEUS, AAN, TUP…. In order to be super defensive to me you must pay near 10% dividends, at least 8% or a bank with a 5-6% dividend and PE under 10…. You need an ample business to be able to keep paying these dividends, which means you need a sound company. It is only safe to trade these sound companies because you know in order for them to keep paying dividends they must be executing…A company like AAN, CONN, ZEUS are defensive but not super defensive because they do not pay you to HODL! This is key to being super defensive because when things hit the fan, people will run and they will run to Value stocks… The reason you do not normally trade these stocks is because you want…. GME 3 to 560 [Premarket ATH], AMC 1.90 to 80 [Premarket ATF], ENSC which dropped to a low of near 2 yesterday and hit 6.50 today premarket!!!! And I do not blame anyone, if we see w

So, in the last episode of season 2 Alfie tells Emily that he stayed a week in Paris after his contract ended because of her and that he's serious about them having a long term relationship (obviously there are serious issues with long distance but I'll get into that later, but also prepandemic you could take a ryanair flight for like £20 - 30).

Then later in the episode Emily is talking to Mindy on the bench and she says "I love Gabriel" at some point and somehow this changes everything? She is going to drop everything and run to the guy who she's been giving contradictory signals every day for the last 2 seasons and telling him how they can't be together because of Camille or 1 year or whatever.

Could you imagine being Alfie in this situation? You stayed in a city you don't really like and don't have friends there (that we know of) for this one girl and all of a sudden she has a complete change of heart. For those who didn't notice he was getting serious by asking Luc, Gabriel and Emily in the last couple of episodes if Emily is just going to run to Gabriel.

As a total sidenote, this is physically impossible because the show is called Emily in Paris, not Emily in London. However, if Emily was a more serious person she would move to London with Alfie (sure UK has some problems like everywhere and I know because I lived there), but these people are making high 5 or 6 figures judging by their lifestyles, clothes etc so they would overcome most issues.

Firstly, Emily would be with a guy who only cares about her, is funny, hot and not dating her friend. Emily would get a similar/better paying job in London easily, she doesn't have to learn a new language, the culture is less foreign to her, its still european in the same way Paris is.

Yes I understand a large part of the show is about her being clueless about another culture.

Edit: yes I realise romcoms are not suppossed to use logic.

Okay so I just finished season 2 - and yes, I think we can all agree that some of these characters are just the type of characters you love to be annoyed by 😅 but what I don’t understand is how hard people are rooting for Alfie after he was a total d-bag to Emily when they first met and then spend days “flirting??” aka being totally rude but in a joking way and then all of a sudden they’re dating and all loved up? I also can’t get over his too cool to try, too cool to care attitude in French class. I just don’t like his character either! Lol. Doesn’t make sense to me.

The last time a musician tooled around with it would have been c. 2005.

Joined this SR just to say this. I hate his cynicism and pessimism. I have a British friend and they can really just ~be~ like this, but then how the absolute hell is Emily interested in him? He has no appreciation for the culture and beauty, and him just putting that all aside for her seems fake to me. Just me?

Okay. Maybe I’m just skeptical of everything and everyone. But something didn’t sit right with me. Obviously we know Camille’s mom had a plan to get Emily out of the picture. At what lengths would she ensure her daughter got the guy at the end and Emily was too distracted to notice.

Here’s the thought process.

Phase 1:They made a pact to not be with Gabriel, knowing Emily would be the only one actually held to that pact. And they play on her people pleasing American personality. (Same girl, same)

Phase 2: here comes Alfie. He was very elusive about everything. Never gave too many details about where he worked other than the bank, from my experience men like him are all ego so they wouldn’t stop bragging about where they work or who they know, it’s just too bland for me and he was extremely interested in Gabriel’s restaurant. Out of all the places in Paris. That’s where they had to eat.

Hear me out. I think Camille’s parents bankrolled him to live in that random apartment with no personal affects in it, work on a project for a “French company” and show up to the French class they all knew she was taking. His complete attitude of not even trying to learn a word of French kind of gives it away. And he only went for his “attendance”

And for the whole phone thing I think it was planned, he knew exactly where to go to find her, that he would relay the message. He has an iPhone, easily could’ve used find my iPhone, or even call it from a landline….

Also why do you think he dipped out after dinner after hearing she would be around Camille’s parents… Camille definitely already knew him. You could read the body language.

And it’s real convenient he wants to be serious, after showing absolutely no personality or learning anything about him and then poof his assignment is done. Let’s be long distance.

Idk 🤷🏼‍♀️ maybe I’m just neurotic and think everyone is scheming and plotting. Also can we stop we the unrealistic love/romance. I’d appreciate a little more of the whole a million first dates with French men and the disaster that is online dating in this century. It’d be more “French” realistic approach to love abroad. Because that’s truly how you meet people abroad. tinder/bumble

Am I the only one that thought she was blinded by Alfie so when the Camille/Gabriel thing at the end it was too late. I wish she would have a backbone and call people out on their shit. She’s too mousy.

If Emily ends up with boring forlorn Gabriel I quit Netflix. That is all.

Good morning everyone. What started off as a positive week has definitely cooled. The only day I was willing to make a bet on high speculation was when we were green 200+ Nasdaq premarket. They gave me the signal that more than likely we will have time to stack greens. When we are up 20-50 on the Nasdaq it is way to easy to turn south.. Why cant I be positive and say that we should keep making record highs? Valuations are crazy, things are overpriced. I have read that insiders have sold 50%+ percent more shares in 2021 already than in 2020. I say already because wait till the last week of the year! I will try to do tax harvesting before the 20th. I will probably take the loss on BEST today if it hits 1.10 [In 1.70] 2020 was monstrous I bet that 2020 insider sales was 50% more than 2019!!! There have been more IPO’s/Spacs in 2021 than ever? WHY? Easy money!!! Retail is a target. I will post a video on what is going on, furus, grenades… I will post a video on options and why we must use them in times of uncertainty and I may post a 3rd video on something I have been debating, we will see.

I have had this strategy for a while if you have read and followed my plays. Sometimes I may take a little speculation. I did on GRAB yesterday, I have 2 blocks of BZFD [5.95 and 8]. These are speculative plays but I wouldn’t take a huge risk. Take a look at the super defensive yesterday and defensive. Some came down but not to much, some were up. [BBD, GOGL, SBSW, NYMT, NYCB, TUP, TX, ZEUS, LL, EAF] Some were down as the market was awful but none to bad, and some were up. They weren’t high fliers that were down 5-15%. I will still focus on these plays. I will take a small dip on speculation if it drops heavy. I bought GRAB and BZFD after they dipped hard at least 5-10%. They are new and don’t have numbers yet, but at least I know the risk that I am taking.. What I do not like when someone on Twitter/Reddit tells you CEI/DATS/ATER/BBIG is the best thing since sliced bread, they have all this DD, speculation you believe it…and when you are down you ask yourself what went wrong, you asked me what went wrong. I know I am taking a risk before I get in, if I buy these so I write now, speculative, risky… DO YOU!! A few weeks ago I did get crap for SE, SNOW, DKNG, PTON and CHWY.. NOW WHAT??? No, I am not a prophet though it would be nice for everyone to think it. I am extremely experienced and the stock price did not even closely resemble what the company is actually doing!

Alfie & Emily together is so much better… i dont understand what she sees in Gabriel after being w Alfie. HES SO CUTE & their banter & chemistry comes off soo much better on screen.

I hope the show doesn’t take the predictable route of having Gabriel and Emily endgame & actually have her end up with Alfie. They fit well so much better & I am so over Gabriel and the love triangle… he is a boring love interest and doesnt know how to fight for what he wants either

It looks like there is a large number of “open box” 88H on eBay. Has anyone picked one up? Just the number of them has me a little leery of buying one, but each seems to have pictures of the specific horn and all that. For example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/C-G-Conn-Model-88H-Symphony-Professional-Tenor-Trombone-SN-604894-OPEN-BOX-/334286596820?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

Thanks!

Maybe its because his accent is so different to everyone else

also, his character is just awful and I see 0 real chemistry between him and Emily

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i went back to superstonk to find their youtube account closed for "impersonation" yah right whatever fuck taht -

does anyone have a download of the AMA video?

i think i have it but I am not 100% sure.

link to original sauce

https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/qmnan7/computershare_ama_part_1_video_link_with/