Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands	Aug. 31, 2011	Nov. 30, 2010
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents (including $283,968 in 2011 and $202,565 in 2010, from VIEs)	$ 2,014,950	$ 2,188,998
Cash and securities segregated and on deposit for regulatory purposes or deposited with clearing and depository organizations	5,321,012	1,636,755
Financial instruments owned, at fair value, including securities pledged of $14,035,813 and $12,338,728 in 2011 and 2010, respectively:
Corporate equity securities (including $79,927 in 2011 and $120,606 in 2010 from VIEs)	1,676,598	1,565,793
Corporate debt securities (including $300,652 in 2011 and $462,462 in 2010 from VIEs)	4,213,249	3,630,616
Government, federal agency and other sovereign obligations	5,531,554	5,191,973
Mortgage- and asset-backed securities (including $38,629 in 2011 and $43,355 in 2010 from VIEs)	4,787,608	4,921,565
Loans and other receivables (including $372,105 in 2011 and $362,465 in 2010 from VIEs)	528,681	434,573
Derivatives (including $5,147 in 2011 and $7,579 in 2010 from VIEs)	916,142	119,268
Investments, at fair value (including $1,621 in 2011 and $15,612 in 2010 from VIEs)	116,833	77,784
Physical commodities	369,281	0
Total financial instruments owned, at fair value (including $798,081 in 2011 and $1,012,079 in 2010 from VIEs)	18,139,946	15,941,572
Investments in managed funds	73,900	131,585
Other investments	572,764	220,323
Securities borrowed	7,815,663	8,152,678
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	4,505,358	3,252,322
Securities received as collateral	40,401	48,616
Receivables:
Brokers, dealers and clearing organizations (including $177,793 in 2011 and $195,485 in 2010 from VIEs)	3,743,143	2,550,234
Customers	1,319,664	1,328,365
Fees, interest and other (including $6,763 in 2011 and $127 in 2010 from VIEs)	224,545	165,603
Premises and equipment	170,501	142,729
Goodwill	366,823	364,964
Other assets (including $446 in 2011 and $370 in 2010 from VIEs)	816,573	601,799
Total assets (including $1,267,051 in 2011 and $1,410,626 in 2010 from VIEs)	45,125,243	36,726,543
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Short-term borrowing	353,000	0
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value:
Corporate equity securities (including $19,341 in 2011 and $2,708 in 2010 from VIEs)	1,736,221	1,638,372
Corporate debt securities (including $202,037 in 2011 and $443,100 in 2010 from VIEs)	2,472,045	2,375,925
Government, federal agency and other sovereign obligations (including $15,605 in 2011 and $0 in 2010 from VIEs)	5,278,235	4,735,288
Mortgage- and asset-backed securities	82,072	129,384
Loans (including $142,645 in 2011 and $150,100 in 2010 from VIEs)	155,646	171,278
Derivatives (including $1,241 in 2011 and $136 in 2010 from VIEs)	595,942	59,552
Total financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value (including $380,869 in 2011 and $596,044 in 2010 from VIEs)	10,320,161	9,109,799
Securities loaned	3,338,391	3,108,977
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase	10,935,811	10,684,056
Obligation to return securities received as collateral	40,401	48,616
Payables:
Brokers, dealers and clearing organizations (including $134,477 in 2011 and $157,134 in 2010 from VIEs)	2,754,164	1,885,357
Customers	7,708,390	3,716,357
Accrued expenses and other liabilities (including $7,411 in 2011 and $94,402 in 2010 from VIEs)	1,164,164	1,142,850
Long-term debt	4,580,978	3,778,681
Mandatorily redeemable convertible preferred stock	125,000	125,000
Mandatorily redeemable preferred interest of consolidated subsidiaries (including $313,095 in 2011 and $315,885 in 2010 from VIEs)	313,095	315,885
Total liabilities (including $835,852 in 2011 and $1,163,465 in 2010 from VIEs)	41,633,555	33,915,578
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Common stock, $.0001 par value. Authorized 500,000,000 shares; issued 203,525,528 shares in 2011 and 200,301,656 shares in 2010	20	20
Additional paid-in capital	2,227,985	2,218,123
Retained earnings	1,036,879	850,654
Treasury stock, at cost, 3,211,223 shares in 2011 and 28,607,510 shares in 2010	(56,102)	(539,530)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss:
Currency translation adjustments	(25,628)	(42,859)
Additional minimum pension liability	(8,419)	(8,419)
Total accumulated other comprehensive loss	(34,047)	(51,278)
Total common stockholders' equity	3,174,735	2,477,989
Noncontrolling interests	316,953	332,976
Total stockholders' equity	3,491,688	2,810,965
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 45,125,243	$ 36,726,543