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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

It’s also linked to the modern evolution of Friday the 13th as an unlucky day, based in part on Thomas Lawson’s 1907 best-seller about a corrupt stockbroker who crashes the market.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 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

Sam Sloan was a reed-thin stockbroker, with a slight Virginian drawl.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

When U.S. regulators in 1975 abolished fixed trading commissions—blowing up a decades-old system that had shielded stockbrokers from competition—Schwab started one of the first discount brokerages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 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

“The cracks appearing in luxury demand are very telling,” said Sophie Lund-Yates, an analyst at stockbrokers Hargreaves Lansdown.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 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