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Regulatory Requirements (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Regulatory Requirements [Abstract] |
Regulatory Requirements Uniform Net Capital Rule |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Net Capital |  | $ | 354,029 |  |  | $ | 360,167 |
Minimum Net Capital Requirement |  |  | 46,597 |  |  |  | 38,139 |
Ratio of Aggregate Indebtedness to Net Capital |  |  | 1.97 to 1 |  |  |  | 1.59 to 1 |

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