stockbroker
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stockbrokers
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Origin of stockbroker
Explanation
A stockbroker is someone who buys, sells, and trades stocks — or shares in companies — for a living. Most stockbrokers work for brokerage firms. People who have money to invest often buy stocks, which is like buying a small portion of a company, and then sell them when they've increased in value. Someone whose job involves buying and selling stocks for clients is a stockbroker. It's more common these days to use the terms "broker" or "financial adviser," but stockbroker has been around since the 1700's, from the sense of a broker as "someone who buys and sells."
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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
Bitcoin’s shaky performance as of late has been fuel for skeptics like stockbroker Peter Schiff, a longtime critic of the cryptocurrency.
From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025
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
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
I figured I’d find the right way to introduce my two best friends to my stockbroker.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" 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
“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
Spends most of her time at the stockbrokers.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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