10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CURBSTONE BROKER»
Discover the use of
curbstone broker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
curbstone broker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The
Curbstone Brokers: The Origins of the American Stock ...
... at Stock Exchange houses. The relationships were initiated and maintained in
a variety of ways. A curbstone broker could have received his first job at a
member firm, where he managed to acquire a reputation for honesty, intelligence
...
29, 51, 5 2; curbstone (cigarette), 52; curbstone broker, 29, 51; curbstone justice,
curbstone meeting, curbstone philosopher, curbstone singers, curbstoner, 51;
curbstone sailor, 183. See also curb cut corners, 53 daddy, 80 daily blab, 107 ...
3
The Modernization of the American Stock Exchange 1971-1989 ...
Telephone clerks perched precariously on the window ledges of the curbstone
broker's office would relay to their brokers on the crowded street below buy or sell
orders received from the broker's correspondent house at the Stock Exchange.
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Nilakantha Babaji Ranade, 1996
In return for this, the curbstone broker would present the N.Y.S.E. member with a
small kickback. Each was content with the arrangement. The senior market knew
the Curb was a useful place to keep unwanted men and stocks until both were ...
6
The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
See LAW. curbstone-broker . A guttersnipe: from ca 1865; ob. In U.S., an illicit
street-broker. curbstone-sailor . A harlot: from ca 1830. cf. CRUISER. curby hocks
. Clumsy feet: rather low: ca 1850–1910. (See HOCKS.) curdler . A blood-curdling
...
7
Men and Mysteries of Wall Street
If he haunts the street, it is as a "curbstone" broker. Forcing Quotations, is where
brokers wish to keep up the price of a stock, and to prevent its falling out of sight.
s* This is generally accomplished by a small sale, or CONCERNING ...
James Knowles Medbery, 1870
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9
AMEX: A History of the American Stock Exchange
His father, Emanuel, had become a curbstone broker in 1908 and, although
never wealthy, was able to send his son to Peek- skill Military Academy, Brown
University, and St. John's Law School. Jackson did not graduate from college or
law ...
He was first heard of in Wall Street as a curbstone broker, taking enormous risks
and always lucky. Very soon he set up an office, with one clerk or errand-boy,
and his growing reputation for sagacity and boldness began to attract customers;
...
Charles Dudley Warner, 2006
