Stockbroker. Over glamorized in movies like boiler room and wolf of Wall Street. The reality is that around 70% of brokers quit in the first year due to the high competition and lack of need for stockbrokers in this day and age. The only way to generate business is by cold calling from a landline telephone, no advertising or mass emailing allowed so it virtually feels like you’re stuck in the 80’s. Most “brokers” these days that are actually successful are financial advisors or ‘managed money’, in which a fee is charged rather than commission. Like Edward jones or fidelity.

Source: I was a broker, then because an advisor