stockbroker
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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
In the movie Wall Street, stockbroker Bud Fox told his client: “You once told me, don’t get emotional about stock, Gordon. Don’t.”
From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026
Powell grew up in the Manchester suburb of Didsbury, an area which has been variously dubbed the "stockbroker" or "muesli" belt.
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
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“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
Gorgulu, of Wingfield Avenue, Wilmslow, also received payments of more than £33,000 over two years, while also gambling large sums of money and investing in stockbrokers and crypto-currency.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2024
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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