AKICIF, or something

[redbird]

I'm guessing one of you may know this: how would I go about selling 12 shares in a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange? I don't currently have a stock broker, or I wouldn't be asking this: I'm not looking to reinvest the money, and I already know what transaction I want to make.

ETA: No certificate, it's all recorded at the company in question. Which would be quite happy to transfer the stock into a brokerage account. So I guess we can rephrase this as "Can someone recommend a good discount brokerage for a single transaction, either online or with a NYC office?"

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[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

What's a building society?

K. [curious]

[papersky.livejournal.com]

It's similar to what in Canada are called "credit unions" -- essentially a mini-banking organization of which you are a member, not a customer, and where profits are shared to members. Building societies are so called because their origins were in providing mortgages for houses. Now things are complicated and some building societies have become banks with shares and others have been eaten, but there are still plenty around.

I don't know if you have any of this in the US.