Note 8 - Securities Owned and Securities Sold, But Note Yet Purchased at Fair Value - 10Q (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Note 8 - Securities Owned and Securities Sold, But Note Yet Purchased at Fair Value - 10Q (Details) [Line Items]
Stockholders' Equity, Reverse Stock Split	1 for 20 reverse stock split
Fair Market Value [Member]
Note 8 - Securities Owned and Securities Sold, But Note Yet Purchased at Fair Value - 10Q (Details) [Line Items]
Share Price	$ 2.22
Quoted Market Price [Member]
Note 8 - Securities Owned and Securities Sold, But Note Yet Purchased at Fair Value - 10Q (Details) [Line Items]
Share Price	$ 6.74
Development Stage Company [Member]
Note 8 - Securities Owned and Securities Sold, But Note Yet Purchased at Fair Value - 10Q (Details) [Line Items]
Common Stock, Other Shares, Outstanding (in Shares)	72,855

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Total number of shares of other common stock instruments held by shareholders, such as exchangeable shares. May be all or portion of the number of common shares authorized.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (e)

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Description of the reverse stock split arrangement. Also provide the retroactive effect given by the reverse split that occurs after the balance sheet date but before the release of financial statements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 4

-Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 4.C)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187143-122770

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB)

-Number Topic 4

-Section C

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