I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Too many people say to their brokers, I can't deal with this. Take my money. Do what you want. That's the worst attitude you can have.
In the broad and sweeping sense which the use of the term generally implies, I am not a free-trader.
There are no absolutes in this world, and there will always be mistakes that are made within brokerage firms; there will always be people who set out to deceive the regulators and even deceive their own senior management.
I have very little respect for the integrity of the trading on the exchange in most stocks. And I have particular disdain for the fact that the SEC has failed to deal with high-frequency traders who are doing nothing more than taking advantage of inside information, a buy or a sell order, because of technology advantages.
Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
I'm not an ultra-libertarian who thinks there shouldn't be insider-trading laws at all.
In the commercial real estate business, brokers spearhead major accounts. But they wouldn't have customers without the people who oversee construction.
Western business people often don't get the importance of establishing human relationships.
Shopkeepers are not bankers.
We've always had a dual role in the region - friend of Israel, and honest broker. We've given up the honest broker role completely.