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
The feeling of freedom, the thrill of sailing through the air, is worth the risk to Barry Blumenthal, 60, a retired stockbroker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
When Arnold told them he was my stockbroker, Kenny and Allen looked at him, at me, at each of the four people sitting at the table and at each other and raised their eyebrows.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
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
“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
With 2,300 journalists around the world, in 197 bureaus, serving a market including investment bankers, derivatives traders, stockbrokers, newspapers, radio, television, and Internet outlets, Reuters has always had a very complex audience to satisfy.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
