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“That’s the day I call a stockbroker and say, ‘Hey, I’m good with 6%—that’s 600% more than I’ve been getting.’”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

His father, a stockbroker, and his mother, a salesclerk, divorced when Greenspan was 3.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 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

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 thing is, I’m having a cash-flow problem and I’ll have to scramble to find even thirty-five dollars. I’m a stockbroker and I work from home and I’m a bit overextended right now.”

From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen

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