He also makes sure to tell his subscribers about his policy of buying for clients first.

His job was to buy and sell stocks in 10,000-share blocks for pension funds, insurance companies, mutual funds and other institutional clients.

In front of her two men, agents who bought slaves and other things for wealthy clients, were talking.

But the overwhelming presence of decorators in the market, buying for clients, has made it volatile too.

He bought the bonds for 50 cents on the dollar for himself and for clients.

About half of the purchases were bought for clients and half for stock, he said.

"But it's nothing anymore," he said, adding that DeWitt bought no commercial time for clients during the Republican convention.

A penny stock, though, is no bargain when the company's worthless, so some small companies simply bribe brokers to buy their stocks for clients.

"We've been very well received by vendors, who give us a discount on items we buy for clients."

Last year, he bought $30 million in cable advertising for clients like the William Wrigley Jr.