stock brokers
Wall Street intermediaries
Stock brokers are professionals who buy and sell securities on behalf of clients, executing trades on stock exchanges for a commission or fee.
The term typically describes individuals rather than firms, though brokerage houses employ them.
With the rise of online trading platforms, traditional stock brokers have become less central to retail investing, though they remain important for clients seeking personalized advice: My stock broker recommended diversifying into bonds.
- FINRABrokerage self-regulatory body
- diversificationExpanding into varied areas
- trading platformsSystems for buying and selling securities
- fiduciary dutyObligation to act loyally
- full serviceComplete provision of amenities
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- finance prosfinancial analysts, investment bankers, stockbrokers, traders, portfolio managers
- licensed industriesbanks, casinos, pharmacies, airlines, insurance companies
stock brokersretail investors
Non-institutional securities buyers
day traders · market makers · institutional investors · issuers · clients
stock brokersblue-collar workers
Manual labor employees
factory workers · tradespeople · farmers · manual laborers · construction workers
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