Retail broker

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A retail broker is a brokerage firm that caters to the average investor or, in other words, the retail sector of investors - as opposed to the institutional sector of investors.

Both discount and full-service firms are retail brokers. The majority of brokers who advertise on TV are retail brokers.

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