some info: Both street name registration and direct registration are preferable, experts say, to hanging on to paper stock certificates.

“Holding on to and trading a physical stock certificate is a cumbersome process,” said Dr. Ben Branch, professor of finance at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

“If you hold your stock certificate in a safe..."

https://www.finra.org/investors/insights/its-your-stock-just-not-your-name-explaining-street-names