Fancy name for "broker." This person (or company) is in charge of taking orders from whoever is buying and selling investments. If you want to buy and sell stocks, for example, you're going to do that through a broker or account executive—and pay some commission for the whole thing. See Registered Advisor, Registered Investment Advisor, and Financial Advisor.
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want to get sent to detention we don't recommend doing
this on halloween Okay this one's really about acting as
a principal How versus acting as an agent princip al
equals owner agent equals a commission taker principal The end
result like how well or poorly and investment performs determines
success Agent whether or not a commission happens determines success
Principal The party responsible for a given system or project
or event being successful agent the party responsible for getting
people teo just spend money on that event Principal developer
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Make money for investors Agent the person who sold office
units in that commercial building Principal the portfolio manager the
buy side player region the stockbroker the sell side player
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