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{{anat|brokerage}}Strictly speaking, an investment firm which trades in the market as a {{tag|principal}} in its own right. To be contrasted with a [[broker]], who handles client orders for transactions in securities as an {{tag|agent}}.  
{{g}}{{a|brokerage|}}Strictly speaking, an [[investment firm]] which trades in the market as a {{tag|principal}} in its own right. To be contrasted with a [[broker]], who handles client orders for transactions in securities as an {{tag|agent}}.  


More commonly referred to as a [[broker-dealer]], seeing as most firms act as both.
More commonly referred to as a [[broker-dealer]], seeing as most firms act as both.

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Strictly speaking, an investment firm which trades in the market as a principal in its own right. To be contrasted with a broker, who handles client orders for transactions in securities as an agent.

More commonly referred to as a broker-dealer, seeing as most firms act as both.

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