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Stockbroker
Definition:
(n.) A broker who deals in stocks.
Example Sentences:
(1) It will require UK banks, stockbrokers and investment firms to carry out intensive checks on whether their UK customers have links to the US – for example, whether any of them were born in the US; have a US phone number; regularly send money to a US bank account; and whether they hold a US green card.
(2) Lawyers, accountants and stockbrokers are also expected to attend the first major meeting held by Hoban since he replaced Lord Myners after the general election.
(3) Thus fattened for market, a basket-case operation became an investment proposition which – in the words of one London stockbroker – promises " a royal return on your money ".
(4) So, even while he was still performing, he applied to train as a stockbroker.
(5) "The US business seems to have turned a corner, and the increase to a dividend which already yields 3.3% is an indication of management confidence in future prospects," said Richard Hunter, head of equities at Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers.
(6) We decided to go forward anyway with two others – Catherine Stacpole, whose son was a well-known monk and writer and a man called Francis Whigham, a stockbroker who had done a great deal of work at Lourdes as a stretcher carrier and helper with the disabled.
(7) Eamonn Flanagan at stockbroker Shore Capital said: "A positive statement with a healthy focus on Asia.
(8) It documents Belfort's activities at the discredited Stratton Oakmont brokerage house in the 1990s, which eventually saw the stockbroker convicted of money-laundering and securities fraud.
(9) Richard Hunter, head of equities at stockbrokers Hargreaves Lansdown, said: "Investors have come to expect much of Whitbread and these numbers do not disappoint.
(10) Robin Byde, an analyst at the stockbroker Cantor Fitzgerald, said: “A lot of companies are being very cautious on the outlook at the moment and I think we will see a lot more of that.
(11) Keith Bowman, an analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown stockbrokers, said: For investors, and in the current ultra-low interest rate environment, the cut to the dividend payment is a major blow.
(12) More than anything the Champions League deal is about getting one of the monkeys off their back,” said Sam McHugh, an analyst at stockbroker Exane.
(13) Nuttall’s predecessor, Nigel Farage, is a master of the grift, leveraging cigarettes, pints of beer and opposition to the metric system into an apparently unassailable cloak of authenticity draped over his privately educated stockbroker carcass.
(14) The controversial figure whose memoir formed the basis of Leonardo DiCaprio's unhinged stockbroker in Martin Scorsese's Oscar-nominated black comedy The Wolf of Wall Street has revealed his debauched life of sex and drugs was "even worse" than shown in the film.
(15) Richard Hunter, head of UK equities at stockbroker Hargreaves Lansdown, said Sainsbury's value food ranges were becomingly increasingly important as "the consumer concentrates more discerningly on the household budget".
(16) Richard Hunter, head of equities at Hargreaves Lansdown stockbrokers Whether precipitated by the falling oil price or BG’s more recent production woes, Shell has acted opportunistically, as it previously implied it might if the occasion arose.
(17) Casting a wide net, the diplomats targeted banks that advise the companies as well as City firms that provide stockbroking services or write research notes about the five, a list that includes Panmure Gordon and Oriel Securities.
(18) Meanwhile James Faucette at the stockbrokers Pacific Crest, who has a "sell" rating on BlackBerry, said in a research note looking at sales in the UK and Canada that in his opinion, "sell-through run-rates for the Z10 have declined meaningfully in the weeks following launch.
(19) Analysis by the stockbroker BGC Partners raised concerns over Pfizer's pledges on R&D.
(20) Gert Zonneveld, managing director of stockbroker Panmure Gordon, has said he believes the true value of Royal Mail could prove to be up to £4.5bn, while stockbroker ETX Capital said exceptional demand from retail investors would drive the shares as high as 365p on the first day.
Stockjobber
Definition:
(n.) One who speculates in stocks for gain; one whose occupation is to buy and sell stocks. In England a jobber acts as an intermediary between brokers.