31.   A senior official of the surveillance commission said the authority wanted to find out about how the brokerage were trading financial stocks.

32.   A shell company has no assets or operations to speak of, but does have publicly traded stock.

33.   After all, trading stocks profitably is a mighty difficult business that has humbled even the most experienced and knowledgeable traders.

34.   After the crash, the number of people trading stocks on ocean liners fell sharply.

35.   After retiring, Schrader kept an office at a Wall Street brokerage house, where he traded stocks for his own account.

36.   Brandevor, whose stock is traded on the Toronto exchange, this week reported its first quarterly profit in five years.

37.   Brokers use the Internet to offer advice to investors and a few securities firms trade stocks by computer linkups.

38.   Brokers who are members of the New York Stock Exchange are prohibited from trading certain stocks unless the trades go through a stock exchange.

39.   But a broker reached there in mid-January said he had no information on Quinto and had no commitment to trade the stock even when it was being advertised.

40.   But as a hobby, researching and trading stocks is relaxing for him, like exercising.