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In the December 2002 issue of Futures
Magazine they reported on the top 50 brokers based on the 2002 customer equity as of
October 1st. There source of information was taken from the CFTC, so it's generally
pretty reliable. Below are the list of brokers that made Futures Magazine's top 50
brokers... If you are interested, the magazine provides a lot more information than
just ranking, you can subscribe to Futures Magazine by clicking here.
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"Research a Broker" section.
| Rank |
Brokerage |
Equity
(millions) |
| 1 |
Goldman Sachs & Co |
$6,142.76 |
| 2 |
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith |
5,028.70 |
| 3 |
Salomon Smith Barney Inc. |
4,720.34 |
| 4 |
JP Morgan Futures Inc. |
3,895.72 |
| 5 |
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. |
3,635.25 |
| 6 |
USB AG |
3,535.58 |
| 7 |
Refco, LLC* |
2,936.40 |
| 8 |
Fimat USA |
2,324.57 |
| 9 |
Deutsche Bank |
2,270.64 |
| 10 |
Carr Futures Inc. |
2,239.34 |
| 11 |
Man Financial Inc. |
2,200.91 |
| 12 |
Banc One Capital Markets Inc. |
1,951.02 |
| 13 |
Lehman Brothers Inc |
1,521.74 |
| 14 |
ABN Amro Inc. |
1,449.06 |
| 15 |
Bear Stearns Securities Corp |
1,393.22 |
| 16 |
Barclays Capital Inc. |
1,374.83 |
| 17 |
Cargill Investor Services Inc. |
1,089.38 |
| 18 |
Credit Suisse First Boston Corp |
1,001.57 |
| 19 |
Prudential Securities Inc. |
955.39 |
| 20 |
ADM Investor Services |
422.58 |
| 21 |
RJ O'Brien Associates Inc. |
390.57 |
| 22 |
Mizuho Securities USA Inc. |
368.57 |
| 23 |
FC Stone LLC |
304.92 |
| 24 |
BNP Brokerage Services |
301.72 |
| 25 |
Rosenthal Collins Group LLC |
278.40 |
| 26 |
HSCB Securities USA Inc. |
216.46 |
| 27 |
Greenwich Capital Markets |
176.46 |
| 28 |
Vision LP |
149.73 |
| 29 |
GNI Inc |
144.40 |
| 30 |
Rand Financial Services Inc. |
137.89 |
| 31 |
Credit Lyonnais Rouse USA ltd |
132.66 |
| 32 |
Banc of America Futures Inc. |
127.63 |
| 33 |
AG Edwards & Sons Inc |
104.04 |
| 34 |
McVean Trading & Investments LLC |
103.86 |
| 35 |
Iowa Grain Co. |
100.81 |
| 36 |
Peregrine Financial Group |
93.30 |
| 37 |
Daiwa Securities America, Inc. |
85.67 |
| 38 |
Commerz Futures LLC |
74.75 |
| 39 |
Pioneer Futures |
73.05 |
| 40 |
O'Connor & Co LLC |
59.12 |
| 41 |
Tenco Inc |
57.89 |
| 42 |
Goldenberg Hehmeyer & Co |
53.70 |
| 43 |
MBF Clearing Corp. |
52.16 |
| 44 |
Alaron Trading Corp. |
50.01 |
| 45 |
RB&H Financial Services LP |
49.44 |
| 46 |
Interactive Brokers Group |
43.34 |
| 47 |
Country Hedging Inc. |
43.16 |
| 48 |
Fortis Clearing Chicago LLC |
36.67 |
| 49 |
Pax Clearing Corp. |
36.59 |
| 50 |
Dunavant Commodity Corp. |
26.16 |
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