Stock broker

A stock broker or stockbroker or stock brokerage is someone or a firm who performs transactions in financial instruments on a stock market as an agent of his/her/its clients who are unable or unwilling to trade for themselves, common misnomers: financial planner, financial consultant, or financial advisors.

Related Topics:
Firm - Financial instrument - Stock market - Agent - Trade - Financial planner - Financial consultant - Financial advisors

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Stockbrokers also sometimes or exclusively trade on their own behalf, as a principal, speculating that a share or other financial instrument will increase or reduce in price. In such cases the term broker makes little sense and the individuals or firms trading in a principal capacity sometimes call themselves stock traders or simply traders.

Related Topics:
Principal - Share - Financial instrument - Stock trader

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