Another reason why a broker requires an introduction and references is
because of the salutary Stock Exchange rule forbidding him to transact
speculative business for any who are not principals without the
knowledge of their employers. He may deal for such if they pay cash
either with the order or when Settlement day arrives and take up the
securities; but he may not aid them in transactions undertaken merely in
the hope of snatching a profit by the sale of stocks and shares before
they have been paid for. He may not carry over bargains for them from
settlement to settlement in a manner which can be explained now that we
have arrived at the question of Stock Exchange settlements.
If the client does not desire to carry over, the end of the transaction
is promptly brought about. When settlement time arrives, the member who
has bought the stock has to pass to the seller, on Ticket or Name day, a
ticket bearing the name of the transferee and stating the name of the
member who pays for the stock. Reference will be made later to the
settlement and its three days. This passing of the ticket is the first
step in the completion of the bargain, enabling the seller to see to
whom he has to look for the money. If he does not receive the ticket by
a certain fixed time--the hour differs in accordance with the nature of
the security being transferred--he can have the stock sold out through a
special official of the Stock Exchange; that is, he can find another
buyer of the stock to replace the one who has not come forward, and the
delinquent buyer has to make good the expenses and any loss arising from
the process of selling out.
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