A.G. Edwards is or was a Wall Street firm in that it’s a brokerage. This article is really nit-picking a definition. I doubt any of the big “Wall Street” firms are actually located on Wall Street.
“I doubt any of the big “Wall Street” firms are actually located on Wall Street.”
“Wall Street” refers to the financial district in lower Manhattan. Everyone in the financial industry understands this. There is no firm more synonymous with “Wall Street” than Goldman Sachs. Its main offices are on West Street in the financial district, not Wall Street.