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stockbroker

[stok-broh-ker] / ˈstɒkˌbroʊ kər /




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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

Zhengbang Liu was working at an Apple store to make money for college when he struck up a friendship with a frequent customer, a stockbroker who worked across the street.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

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

After working as a stockbroker on Wall Street, Stewart started a catering business, making every one of her recipes from scratch.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025

The balance of letters came to the stockbroker at his office, and of those the majority came through two other men, whom Milgram calls Mr. Brown and Mr. Jones.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

Atkins and SEC’s two other commissioners now argue that stockbrokers already have a strict legal duty to execute trades with the most favorable terms for their clients, making the trade-through rule superfluous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

“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

"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


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