TITLE

The Shrinking Retail Brokerage Business

AUTHOR(S)

Cooper, Evan

PUB. DATE

January 2003

SOURCE

On Wall Street;Jan2003, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p38

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Focuses on the declining business of retail brokerage in the United States. Basic retail brokerage business model that is successful; Percentage of retail investors who did not think 2003 would be a good year for the market, according to a survey; Fixed-cost of retail firms.

ACCESSION #

8794138

Tags: FINANCIAL services industry

 

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