TRADING INSTRUMENTS AND TRADING INSTRUMENTS SOLD BUT NOT YET PURCHASED

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

NOTE 4 – TRADING INSTRUMENTS AND TRADING INSTRUMENTS SOLD BUT NOT YET PURCHASED

	September 30, 2011				September 30, 2010
	Trading instruments		Instruments sold but not yet purchased		Trading instruments		Instruments sold but not yet purchased
	(in thousands)

Municipal and provincial obligations	$	164,402	$	607	$	168,353	$	296
Corporate obligations		27,607		5,625		38,471		693
Government and agency obligations		36,106		56,472		36,894		99,631
Agency MBS and CMOs		147,757		159		278,578		105
Non-agency CMOs and ABS		49,119		-		8,297		-
Total debt securities		424,991		62,863		530,593		100,725

Derivative contracts		38,304		6,588		26,367		1,649
Equity securities		21,197		6,699		31,644		28,664
Other securities		8,279		-		2,843		-
Total	$	492,771	$	76,150	$	591,447	$	131,038

See Note 3 for additional information regarding the fair value of trading instruments and trading instruments sold but not yet purchased.