Long and Shortt, Brokers

by Colin Hines

Once upon a time, before people's ears grew cell-phones and their hands grew blackberries, before stock-market orders were filled electronically in less than a second or the commission was waived, ordinary mortals who wished to dabble in stocks or options did so by phoning a real person, commonly (but erroneously) known as a "broker", who wrote the requested order on a paper form and relayed it via an "order desk" to a real "floor trader", who arranged...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595492495
• ISBN13: 9780595492497
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"