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an old-fashioned, but nonetheless highly sophisticated, telephone system used on [[investment bank]] [[trading desk|trading desks]]. When on a dealer board one never uses ones own name. One answers the phone in a faceless monotone, by the name of your employer. You just do.
an old-fashioned, but nonetheless highly sophisticated, telephone system used on [[investment bank]] [[trading desk|trading desks]]. When on a dealer board one never uses ones own name. One answers the phone in a faceless monotone, by the name of your employer. You just do.


One featured in the [[apocryphal Goldman Story]].
A [[dealerboard]] features in the [[apocryphal Goldman story]].


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Latest revision as of 16:38, 27 April 2017

an old-fashioned, but nonetheless highly sophisticated, telephone system used on investment bank trading desks. When on a dealer board one never uses ones own name. One answers the phone in a faceless monotone, by the name of your employer. You just do.

A dealerboard features in the apocryphal Goldman story.