Note 5 - Broker-Dealers and Clearing Organizations Receivables and Payables (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Due to and from Broker-Dealers and Clearing Organizations [Abstract]
Receivables from Brokers-Dealers and Clearing Organizations	$ 3,572,000	$ 3,650,000	$ 2,714,000
Payables to Broker-Dealers and Clearing Organizations	$ 13,000	$ 119,000	$ 139,000

- Definition

Aggregate amounts payable to broker-dealers and clearing organizations include amounts payable for securities failed to receive, certain deposits received for securities loaned, amounts payable to clearing organizations on open transactions, and floor-brokerage payables. In addition, the net receivable or payable arising from unsettled trades would be reflected in those captions. A broker-dealer that purchases securities, either for its own account or for a customer's account, but does not receive the securities on the settlement date records the amount of money representing the purchase price of the securities, including any accrued interest, as a liability to the selling broker-dealer. This liability is paid when the securities are received by the purchasing broker-dealer.

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