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2. Goodbody & Co. - Wikipedia

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   A special assessment was made of all NYSE member firms to cover the loss. In 1976, the NYSE determined that the firm's senior partner, Harold Goodbody, (grandson of the firm's founder) had filed false financial statements and failed properly to supervise the business. The exchange banned him from re-entering the stock brokerage business. [4]

3. National Stock Exchange of India - Wikipedia

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   National Stock Exchange was incorporated in the year 1993 to bring about transparency in the Indian equity markets. NSE was set up at the behest of the Government of India, based on the recommendations laid out by the Pherwani committee in 1991 [8] and the blueprint was prepared by a team of five members (Ravi Narain, Raghavan Puthran, K Kumar, Chitra Sankaran and Ashishkumar Chauhan) along ...

4. Madoff investment scandal - Wikipedia

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   The Madoff investment scandal was a major case of stock and securities fraud discovered in late 2008. [1] In December of that year, Bernie Madoff, the former Nasdaq chairman and founder of the Wall Street firm Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, admitted that the wealth management arm of his business was an elaborate multi-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme.

5. Stock trader - Wikipedia

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   Crowd gathering on Wall Street after the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Contrary to a stockbroker, a professional who arranges transactions between a buyer and a seller, and gets a guaranteed commission for every deal executed, a professional trader may have a steep learning curve and his ultra-competitive performance based career may be cut short, especially during generalized stock market crashes.

6. Broker - Wikipedia

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   Some brokers, known as discount brokers, charge smaller commission, sometimes in exchange for offering less advice or services than full service brokerage firms. [2] A broker-dealer is a broker that transacts for its own account, in addition to facilitating transactions for clients. [3] Brokerage firms are generally subject to regulations based ...

7. History of investment banking in the United States - Wikipedia

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   During the Civil War, banking houses were syndicated to meet the federal government's need for money to fund its war efforts. Jay Cooke launched the first mass securities selling operation in U.S. history employing thousands of salesmen to float what ultimately amounted to $830 million worth of government bonds to a wide group of investors. [4]