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Stockbroker / Trader
Buys and sells financial instruments (stocks, bonds, commodities) on behalf of clients.
Did you know?
The NYSE has opened trading with a brass bell since 1903, when it moved into its current building and retired the Chinese gong it used before.
How subjects help
- Mathematics: Work out the profit, loss and risk on a trade in seconds as prices move.
- Economics: Understand how news about interest rates or company profits moves share prices.
- Psychology: Stay calm under pressure and notice when fear or greed is driving the market.
- Computer Science: Use trading software and write programs that buy or sell automatically.
A famous name
Muriel Siebert: In 1967 she became the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.
Try it yourself: Would you invest in this business?
- Read each business. What is good about it, and what is risky?
- For each one, write the one extra question you would ask before deciding.
- Decide how you would share your 100 coins: all in one, or split?
- Explain your choice to someone. Would you change it if their answer surprised you?
Investors, bankers and traders never decide from a good story alone: they look for evidence and ask what could go wrong.
Also try: Which dice total wins?.
Known for it in
USA, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan