Difference between trading and investment banking?

ihateCA
Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:46:42 +0000

What’s the difference between stock traders and stockbrokers? Don’t they basically do the same thing?

What’s the difference between a broker and a trader in the first place? (other than the fact that “broker” has the word “broke” in it-brokers are not to be trusted-just kidding) :)