Working as a Financial Trader

Building a better financial future— for everyone— is our mission. From our origins in democratizing investing, and through the last 75+ years, our privately-held company has remained committed to supporting our clients throughout their lifelong financial journeys. Whether we’re assisting companies and non-profit organizations to deliver benefits to their employees or providing institutions and independent advisors with cutting edge investment and technology solutions, we’re committed to helping people invest and plan for their futures.

The environmental and infrastructure operations of Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure (Shaw E&I) range from project planning and permitting services to design, construction, and demolition. The Shaw Group subsidiary, which brings together the resources of former environmental firms The IT Group and Envirogen, specializes in industrial and municipal construction and environmental services involving infrastructure and remediation. In addition to serving federal agencies, Shaw E&I provides services to commercial, state, and local markets. It also works on natural resource restoration in wetlands and other at-risk areas, and provides transportation, infrastructure, and marine engineering services.

Big Oil in China means state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), which is that country's largest integrated oil and gas company. CNPC has exploration and production projects in China and 30 other countries and is an oilfield services provider in 50 countries. The company also operates some older refineries and an extensive oil and gas pipeline network in China (including 70% of the country's crude oil pipelines). It has a network of 18,000 gas stations across China. In 2009 CNPC completed more than 1,900 exploration wells and reported proved reserves of more than 1 billion metric tons of oil equivalent.