Call me a Luddite, but those brightly-decorated, physical pieces of paper symbolized ownership of a real business in a way that ticker symbols on a computer screen never will...
I own an European electric utility company. Once a year I go to an appointed bank to get my dividends in cash (instead of having them deposited directly onto my brokerage account). I love that feeling of receiving my dividends in cash.
That's so awesome! I understand the ease of digital deposits and all that, but there's just something about getting physical cash/check that makes the dividends seem much more real.
I own an European electric utility company. Once a year I go to an appointed bank to get my dividends in cash (instead of having them deposited directly onto my brokerage account). I love that feeling of receiving my dividends in cash.
That's so awesome! I understand the ease of digital deposits and all that, but there's just something about getting physical cash/check that makes the dividends seem much more real.