salesmen

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It’s often surprising how few people — including not only investors but also Wall Street salesmen — actually seem to understand stock prices.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

"We joke about basically being travelling T-shirt salesmen," singer Patrick Turner says.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Back in 1879, those clerks and salesmen and their wives who frequented bucket shops understood they were operating outside the bounds of Wall Street.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Mr. McGuane’s hapless heroes are local politicians, insurance salesmen, small-town lawyers and other workaday hustlers intent on “getting somewhere among people going nowhere.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

They were started by door-to-door salesmen, short-order cooks, orphans, and dropouts, by eternal optimists looking for a piece of the next big thing.

From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser