stockbroker
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Born on March 6, 1926, Greenspan grew up an only child raised mostly by his mother after she separated from his stockbroker father.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
His father, a stockbroker, and his mother, a salesclerk, divorced when Greenspan was 3.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
As a senior there, she accepted a marriage proposal from a stockbroker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Powell grew up in Didsbury, Manchester, an area which has been variously dubbed the "stockbroker" or "muesli" belt following a few years of gentrification.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025
For instance, I knew right off the bat that Arnold, my stockbroker, and Pasqual, my lawn-mowing business partner, were good guys.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
“The Forsytes” is inspired by Galsworthy’s family of extremely wealthy stockbrokers in late-Victorian London, an age in which nobility’s influence and social dominance receded with the rise of new money.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026
It was in that same spirit that 24 stockbrokers got together on Wall Street in 1792 to sign the Buttonwood Agreement External link, starting what would become the New York Stock Exchange.
From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026
Since that document was signed on May 17, 1792, by 24 stockbrokers who often conducted business under a buttonwood tree outside 68 Wall St., the financial markets have eagerly embraced new technologies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2025
"Royal Mail is a business that has historically found it difficult to grow revenues by more than costs," says Alex Paterson, an analyst at Peel Hunt stockbrokers.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2025
Gau has insurance specialists to handle insurance needs and stockbrokers to handle investments and retirement specialists for older clients.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
