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Securities Owned and Sold, Not Yet Purchased
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Securities Owned and Sold, Not Yet Purchased 
Securities Owned and Sold, Not Yet Purchased

(6) Securities Owned and Sold, Not Yet Purchased

 

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

 

 

 

Securities Owned

 

Securities Sold, Not Yet
Purchased

 

 

 

September 30,
2011

 

December 31,
2010

 

September 30,
2011

 

December 31,
2010

 

Corporate stocks—trading securities

 

$

1,348

 

$

19,051

 

$

1,395

 

$

19,362

 

Corporate stocks—available-for-sale

 

 

1,662

 

 

 

Mutual funds

 

4,542

 

5,076

 

 

 

Total

 

$

5,890

 

$

25,789

 

$

1,395

 

$

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 on available-for-sale securities, net of tax effects, which are reported in accumulated other comprehensive income until realized, are as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

After-Tax Unrealized Holding
Gain/(Loss)

 

 

 

September 30,
2011

 

December 31,
2010

 

Positions with net gains

 

$

 

$

86

 

Positions with net (losses)

 

 

 

Total gain/(loss)

 

$

 

$

86

 

 

Unrealized holding gains on securities, available-for-sale as of December 31, 2010 relates to shares of NYSE Euronext, Inc. the Company received as part of the merger of the New York Stock Exchange and Archipelago Holdings Inc. on March 9, 2006.  During the first quarter of 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 in other revenues.  There were no sales of available-for-sale securities during the nine month period ending September 30, 2010.