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Securities Owned and Sold, Not Yet Purchased
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Securities Owned and Sold, Not Yet Purchased  
Securities Owned and Sold, Not Yet Purchased

(9)   Securities Owned and Sold, Not Yet Purchased

        The following is a summary of securities owned and sold, not yet purchased at December 31 (dollars in thousands):

 
  Securities Owned   Securities Sold, Not Yet
Purchased
 
 
  2011   2010   2011   2010  

Corporate stocks—trading securities

  $ 689   $ 19,051   $ 438   $ 19,362  

Corporate stocks—available-for-sale

        1,662          

Mutual funds

    4,588     5,076          
                   

Total

  $ 5,277   $ 25,789   $ 438   $ 19,362  
                   

        Trading securities owned and sold, not yet purchased primarily consists of temporary positions obtained in the normal course of agency trading activities, including positions held in connection with the creation and redemption of exchange traded funds on behalf of clients.

Available-for-Sale Securities

        Unrealized holding gains and losses for available-for-sale securities, net of tax effects, which are reported in accumulated other comprehensive income until realized, are as follows as of December 31 (dollars in thousands):

 
  After-Tax Unrealized Holding
Gain/(Loss)
 
 
  2011   2010  

Positions with net gains

  $   $ 86  

Positions with net (losses)

         
           

Total gain/(loss)

  $   $ 86  
           

        During 2011, the Company sold all of the available-for-sale securities it held for gross proceeds of $2.1 million and recorded a pre-tax gain of $0.5 million. There were no sales of available-for-sale securities during 2010.