Net Capital	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Notes to Financial Statements
Net Capital	Siebert is subject to the SEC’s Uniform Net Capital Rule (Rule 15c3-1), which requires the maintenance of minimum net capital. Siebert has elected to use the alternative method, permitted by the Rule, which requires that Siebert maintain minimum net capital, as defined, equal to the greater of $250,000 or two percent of aggregate debit balances arising from customer transactions, pursuant to the Rule. As of September 30, 2011, Siebert had net capital of approximately $17,894,000 as compared with net capital requirements of $250,000.

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The entire disclosure for a mortgage banking entity related to capital requirements imposed by secondary market investors or state imposed regulatory mandates. The disclosure may include: (1) a description of the minimum net worth requirements related to (a) secondary market investors and (b) state-imposed regulatory mandates; (2) actual or possible material effects of noncompliance; (3) whether the entity is in compliance with the regulatory capital requirements, including (a) the entity's required and actual net worth amounts, (b) factors that may significantly affect adequacy of net worth such as potentially volatile components of capital, qualitative factors, or regulatory mandates; and (4) possible affects of noncompliance on amounts and disclosures in the notes to the financial statements. Servicers with net worth requirements from multiple sources may disclose (1) significant servicing covenants with secondary market investors with commonly defined servicing requirements (2) any other secondary market investor where violation of the requirement would have a significant adverse effect and (3) the most restrictive third party agreement, if not included above. The disclosure may also include additional information that might be disclosed in situations where substantial doubt about the entity's ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time.

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