stockbrokers
Wall Street traders
Stockbrokers are professionals who buy and sell securities on behalf of clients.
They execute trades on stock exchanges, earning commissions or fees for their services.
The term often evokes images of fast-paced trading floors, though most transactions now happen electronically: She called her stockbroker to sell her shares.
Also called simply brokers.
Obtain through payment
- sellTransfer for payment
- executeCarry out fully
- ordersInstructions to obey
- sharesUnits of company ownership
equities · bonds · commodities · futures · options · market orders · stop-loss · bid
One who transacts commercially
- Wall StreetAmerican finance hub
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- NYSELargest equities market
- commissionPayment for services rendered
licensed · floor trader · dealer · financial advisor · portfolio · client · account executive · FINRA
Assets bought for profit
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
- capital gainsProfit from asset sales
- mutual fundsCollectively managed securities portfolios
ETFs · IPO · blue chip · diversification · asset allocation · risk tolerance · returns · yield
Shoulder straps for trousers
- power suitsCommanding professional attire
- trading floorExchange transaction area
- bell ringingSounding tuned metal instruments
- bull marketPeriod of rising prices
bear market · ticker tape · CNBC · red phone · corner office · champagne · excess · hustle
Fraudulent brokerage operation
- telegraphElectrical message system
- Big BangUniverse's explosive origin
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- E-TradeDigital securities trading platform
buy
Obtain through payment
shares · equities · bonds · commodities · futures · options · market orders · stop-loss · bid · ask
trader
One who transacts commercially
- Wall StreetAmerican finance hub
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- NYSELargest equities market
commission · licensed · floor trader · dealer · financial advisor · portfolio · client · account executive · FINRA · trading desk
investments
Assets bought for profit
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
- capital gainsProfit from asset sales
mutual funds · ETFs · IPO · blue chip · diversification · asset allocation · risk tolerance · returns · yield · margin
suspenders
Shoulder straps for trousers
- power suitsCommanding professional attire
- trading floorExchange transaction area
- bell ringingSounding tuned metal instruments
bull market · bear market · ticker tape · CNBC · red phone · corner office · champagne · excess · hustle · aggressive
bucket shop
Fraudulent brokerage operation
- telegraphElectrical message system
- Big BangUniverse's explosive origin
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- Licensed Occupationsdoctors, nurses, lawyers, dentists, pharmacists
- Brokeragessecurities, commissions, trading platforms, traders, floor traders
- finance prosfinancial analysts, investment bankers, traders, portfolio managers, financial advisors
- professionalsdoctor, nurse, lawyer, engineer, dentist
- seekersseekers, seeker, treasure hunters, searcher, fortune seekers
- securitiessecurities, shares, equities, bonds, securities trading
stockbrokersfinancial advisors
Professionals counseling on money matters
wealth managers · financial planners · fiduciaries · investment advisors · insurance agents
stockbrokerssavers
Those who accumulate resources
depositors · market makers · retail investors · bondholders · day traders
stockbrokersthe poor
minimum wage workers · blue-collar workers · working poor · sweatshop workers · day laborers