The Jolly Contrarian’s Glossary
The snippy guide to financial services lingo.™


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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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