Securities Traders are Upbeat as They Prepare to Gather in Washington

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Friday Q and A: Next week some 800 executives who work in the financial industry will descend on Washington to attend the Security Traders Association’s annual conference. Suffice it to say, they are upbeat. For one thing, it’…