Full Service Brokers

A. G. Edwards Founded in 1887, A.G. Edwards has remained focused on helping individual investors and businesses successfully reach their financial goals. A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. is a national investment firm with the industry's fourth-largest retail distribution network, encompassing more than 6,000 investment professionals in over 600 offices throughout 49 states and the District of Columbia. A.G. Edwards is a member of all major stock and commodities exchanges, including the New York Stock Exchange.

Dean Witter Since their founding in 1924, Dean Witter has been dedicated to serving the individual investor. Today, Dean Witter is a full service financial services firm well known for its solid business principles and long standing tradition of helping clients build, manage and preserve financial assets through comprehensive, personalized investment planning.

Edward Jones According to their promotions, this company focuses on one type of customer: those interested in relatively high-quality, low-risk investments held for the long term. If this sounds like you, they invite you to explore their site and find out more about the unique services they have to offer to help you reach your financial goals.

Everen EVEREN Capital is a full-service securities brokerage. Most of the company's revenues come from services to individual investors. EVEREN's retail business operates through a network of investment consultants in more than 180 offices throughout the US. To a lesser extent, the company offers investment managment and advisory services to institutional investors. Subsidiary EVEREN Clearing offers securities transaction services and related products. Following its acquisition of Principal Financial Securities, EVEREN has more than 1,700 investment consultants nationwide.

Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch is a leading global financial management and advisory company with a presence in 43 countries across six continents. It serves the needs of both individual and institutional clients with a diverse range of financial services, including:

With total client assets of more than $1 trillion, Merrill Lynch is the undisputed leader in planning-based financial advice and management for individuals and small businesses. As an investment bank, it has been the top global underwriter of debt and equity securities eight years running and a leading strategic advisor to corporations, governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. Through Merrill Lynch Asset Management, the company operates one of the world's largest mutual fund groups.

PaineWebber Founded in 1879, PaineWebber serves the investment and capital needs of more than two million clients worldwide, including individuals, institutions, state and local governments, and public agencies. PaineWebber combines state-of-the-art business and investment acumen with an unrivalled reputation for outstanding research and client service.

Consistent with their belief in customized financial solutions, PaineWebber offer clients a wide range of products and services through several integrated core businesses, including private client investment services, municipal securities, asset management, investment banking, research, global fixed income, global equity sales and trading. In addition, they provide transaction services through their correspondent services and securities lending businesses, as well as specialist trading.

PaineWebber employs 17,045 people, including more than 6,551 Investment Executives in 300 offices around the world. With an international reach, over $6.5 billion in capital and more than $329.3 billion in total assets under control, PaineWebber is a recognized leader on Wall Street, and a powerful force in financial markets worldwide.

Prudential Prudential Securities Incorporated, a full service brokerage firm, serves the investment needs of both individuals and institutions worldwide. Prudential Securities is the nation's fifth-largest brokerage firm, based on its number of registered financial advisors, which currently total more than 6,000.

Smith Barney The Smith Barney story dates back to 19th century Philadelphia, where a young broker, Charles D. Barney, founded his firm in 1873 and a young investment banker, Edward B. Smith, started his firm in 1892. These pioneers of the American securities industry helped make Wall Street the world's financial capital.

In 1987 Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co. Inc. was acquired by Primerica Corp., a publicly traded financial services corporation later led by Sanford I. Weill. On July 20, 1993, Primerica acquired the domestic retail brokerage and asset management operations of Shearson Lehman Brothers, and combined them with Smith Barney's businesses to form today's Smith Barney.

On December 31, 1993, Smith Barney became a wholly owned subsidiary of Travelers Group Inc. (formed by the acquisition in December 1993 by Primerica of the Travelers Corp.), a leading diversified financial services company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TRV.

On September 24, 1997, Travelers Group and Salomon Inc announced that they agreed to combine Salomon Inc with Travelers Group's Smith Barney Holdings Inc. subsidiary to form Salomon Smith Barney Holdings Inc. On November 28, 1997, Travelers Group announced that it obtained all of the necessary regulatory approvals related to its acquisition of Salomon Inc, and that the transaction is completed.