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Bank Deposits (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Mar. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
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Bank Deposits [Line Items] |  |
Weighted average interest rate on deposits | 0.06% | 0.09%
Brokerage Customers Deposits [Member] |  |
Bank Deposits [Line Items] |  |
Deposits of related parties | $ 11,700.0 | $ 11,500.0
Stifel Nicolaus [Member] |  |
Bank Deposits [Line Items] |  |
Interest bearing and time deposits of executive officers, directors, and affiliates | $ 0.4 | $ 0.5

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- Definition Amount of deposits held by the entity for a related party (entity, shareholder, employee). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(k)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690 + Details
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