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stockbroker

[stok-broh-ker] / ˈstɒkˌbroʊ kər /




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For Dell, the concept took him back to his childhood in 1970s Houston, where his mother was a stockbroker and where he received a passbook savings account at age 8.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Born in Yakima, Wash., MacLachlan grew up the oldest of three boys; his parents were solidly middle-class, with his father working as a lawyer, and then stockbroker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

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

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

A twelve-year-old kid calls the police and says he’s running a huge business and somebody has taken over the house of his stockbroker?

From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen

For decades, stockbrokers and financial planners have used this chart to persuade investors to invest more in stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 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

“Vodafone’s Italian business has been struggling, so shedding this weight should help the group refocus,” said Sophie Lund-Yates, lead equity analyst at stockbrokers Hargreaves Lansdown.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024

Spends most of her time at the stockbrokers.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin


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