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The term {{tag|broker-dealer}} is used in US securities regulation (and in ISDA {{tag|netting}}) parlance to describe stock brokerages, because most of them act as both [[agent|agents]] and [[principal|principals]].  
The term {{tag|broker-dealer}} is used in US securities regulation (and in ISDA {{tag|netting}}) parlance to describe stock brokerages, because most of them act as both [[agent|agents]] and [[principal|principals]].  
 
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===[[Foreign broker-dealer]]s and [[registered broker-dealer]]s===
===[[Foreign broker-dealer]]s and [[registered broker-dealer]]s===
A [[foreign broker-dealer]] (foreign being from the perspective — is there another? — of the [[United States of America]]), means that poor, huddled  mass of international [[broker|brokers]] and [[dealer|dealers]] who were turned away, or never arrived, at Ellis Island and have not subsequently been registered with the {{tag|Securities and Exchange Commission}}. A [[registered broker-dealer]] denotes one of those blessed souls who have.
A [[foreign broker-dealer]] (foreign being from the perspective — is there another? — of the [[United States of America]]), means that poor, huddled  mass of international [[broker|brokers]] and [[dealer|dealers]] who were turned away, or never arrived, at Ellis Island and have not subsequently been registered with the {{tag|Securities and Exchange Commission}}. A [[registered broker-dealer]] denotes one of those blessed souls who have.