So although brokers are still involved in the process, the initial broker-client meeting is a little less of a blind date.
Always an uncharismatic figure, Mr Morsi's initial successes – brokering peace between Israel and Hamas, for example, or besting his generals' attempts to hang onto power – were swiftly overshadowed by his many mistakes.
I was curious to learn who helped with the initial discussions to broker the deal?
"My initial impression of brokers was negative," he said.
Elsewhere, shares in Straight added 7p to 79.5p after the maker of recycling containers said it expects to announce first half results for 2009 ahead of initial expectations leading house broker Panmure Gordon to up its target price from 55p to 82p.
You have to make an initial deposit following your broker's minimum deposit amount.
Send your broker an initial deposit of money that will be used to make your first stock purchase.
It would disadvantage small fund-management start-ups that badly need initial help from soft brokers.
On a normal day, most of the trading would be done by big financial institutions and trading firms, but on Friday an unusually large proportion of the trading was done by ordinary investors, hungry for riches from the biggest Internet initial offering ever, through brokers like Scottrade, Charles Schwab and Fidelity.
The fishermen's gambit followed an announcement by the office of the Hamas prime minister, Ismail Haniya, that the Egyptian intelligence service, which brokered the initial cease-fire deal announced in Cairo last week, told him the limit had been extended to six nautical miles.
In almost every case, you will also need fast access to a sizable chunk of money, often three to four times the monthly rent, to cover the security deposit, initial rent payments and the broker's fee, if any.
