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3.1 Company profile
Stocks-4u.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of a major brokerage company,
Medvin, Lasser & Jenkins (ML&J). ML&J's online presence has, to this point,
been limited, consisting mainly of informational Web content. Online trading has
not been a priority. The clientele has traditionally been major accounts with
assets greater than $5 million, and transactions are almost exclusively done via
direct contact with a broker. While the company, a privately held corporation, has
maintained solid profitability over the past several years, largely due to a stable
client bas