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Stocks are insured by SPIC. I’m not sure it’s possible to find a US brokerage in business that doesn’t insure stocks against this kind of loss in bankruptcy.


I'm no specialist in the topic, but AFAIK you're insured for monetary funds held in a brokerage account.

Stocks themselves don't need insurance from the brokerage, as they're in custody somewhere else. Depends on the country, I presume.

What I meant is there's no insurance against the company you own going bankrupt. If you buy Tesla and it goes south, nobody will rescue your funds.




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