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Show Wednesday, July 9, 1969 DESERET NEWS, 8B IGA Cookie Jar Assorted Cookoos IGA 14-o- z. for Pkgs. Cream or Whole Kernel Com IGA Rich Save at 303 cans IGA cans 'n Red 14-o- z. bottles IGA Solid Pack msotoes IGA (Q, Sweet Small Garden Run 303 cans Linda Halliday keeps tabs on. stock market. Bulls , Bears Her Mascots A Salt Lake woman is part of the bustling world of bulls and bears, stocks and bonds, ticker tape and Wall Street. As a lady stockbroker, Mrs. Linda Halliday found that an interest in the stock market grew into a career. A graduate of the University of Utah, Mrs. Hallidays main interest was history. But when she returned from specialized study in '.'.Europe, she opened an account with a stockbroker and started following the market. LED TO JOB ?The more I learned about it, the more fascinated I became, she relates. Her interest eventually led to a job about four years ago at Merrill,; Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. She learned market fundamentals through correspondence study with the New York Institute of Finance and passed examinations required for registration with the New York Stock Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade and the National Association of Security Dealers. MONTH AGO After working with securities, she at last became a broker slightly over a month ago. Her day begins shortly before 8 a.m. when she glances over the latest market The makct opens ; 8, and the next four hours ar" a flurry of activity wale! in the listings on the boart advising clients and g'vhr' cuotations to callers. After a morning of ringing phone and an office packed with anxiously following then favorite stocks, the activllj slows with the closing cf the market at noon. ('Ll), NEW CLIENTS I ess hectic afternoon hours are devoted to talking with new and old clients about infor-r:ai'o- :. According to the lady er, the stock market is esting and challenging brokinter- Pure all Vegetable for women as a vocation or an avocation. About 51 per cent of American women own stocks of some kind, she reported, with more becoming interested in the market each year. to women She advised think about it very carefully" before trying a career with a brokerage firm, warning that "you have to devote a great deal of time to it. She Tall suggests as prerequisites a business background and a desire to know the particulars of the market, mixed with an interest in political and eco- Cans nomic events. TRIME FACTOR Brokerage firms look for someone who can take responsibility as a prime factor in employment, according to Linda. Linda has a second career waiting for her at home as Mrs. V. Ronald Halliday, and being a stockbroker with works in very well, marriage, she reports. Sometimes dinner is a bit rushed because I have work to do, but my husband is very she smiles. understanding, She gives her husband a .little advice" cn investments, but he usually does much ho lake: my edv ice," " she jokes. CBSES9 SSOiB IGA FLORIDA tame Juice MCP the door of Sontag mrnm or. Corns? Listerine 17-o- z. COOL OFF Spring Summer Fall pet 99 YORK. on Fat Free MILK WHOLE HOUSE Malorv Insurance Adjusters, 530 E. 4 h South, Suite 4, and stole five tape recorders valued at $050, according to Officer C. Timmerman. Burglars also entered the office of F. J. Ken-rarSuite 1, and stole a $100 tape recorder. 49e 79c x1:: with Z. Family Size Family Size Modess II 4-O- Toothpaste Air Conditioning FREE ESTIMATES & Mhy $ Fry By flight? Air Condition ELECTRICALLY The owner's in the store at . . ibKWbSi 4040 So. 27th East TOMATOES COMPARE THE PRICE SticjPIERCE'sh GREEN BEANS COMPARE THE PRICE z. Pe$ Hal-l'da- Burglars broke a lock .1 Fruit Prinks investment programs more study of back- Tape Recorders can Pictsweet s and ground information. 'It really gels gokig quite fast when the market is open, Mrs. Halliday reported She said a broker's job is "more full of tension" than most employment. "You dont take time to how about worry you're doing; you just do the best you can," she said. IK) OUR JOB Being a woman neither helps nor hinders in her duties, according to Mrs. She pointed out there are 1,800 women stock brokers in the United States, adding, "We get no special treatment as women. We're just expected to do our jobs like everyone else. 6-o- 6-o- z. $1 pet-son- th.eir Sunny Jim Rash, or Strawberry HEATING J J & AIR CONDITIONING 4774 So. Redwood Road Spanish Fork Payson 577 N. 1st West 54 E. 1st South 1264 W. 4th North 894 E. 39th South 91 8 West 9th North 67 West 17th South 376 South 8th West 4260 W. 5415 So., Kearns Evanston & Lyman, Wyo. |