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LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Quicken is a registered trademark of
Intuit Inc., which is not associated or related to IFC IFC is making
this service available as a convenience to you. It is not your
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IFC makes no representations,
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information even if you notify IFC of such possibility.
IFC ("IFC") is furnishing this document
to you to provide some basic facts about purchasing securities on
margin, and to alert you to the risks involved with trading securities
in a margin account. Before trading stocks in a margin account, you
should carefully review the margin agreement provided by IFC. Contact
your financial consultant regarding any questions or concerns you may
have with your margin account(s).
When you purchase securities, you may
pay for the securities in full or you may borrow part of the purchase
price from IFC. If you choose to borrow funds, you will open a margin
account with IFC. The securities purchased are IFC' collateral for the
loan to you. If the securities in your account decline in value, so
does the value of the collateral supporting your loan, and, as a
result, IFC can take action, such as issue a margin call and/or sell
securities or other assets in any of your accounts held with IFC, in
order to maintain the required equity in the account.
It is important that you fully
understand the risks involved in trading securities on margin. These
risks include the following:
You can lose more funds than you
deposit in the margin account. A decline in the value of securities
that are purchased on margin may require you to provide additional
funds to IFC to avoid the forced sale of those securities or other
securities or assets in your account(s).
IFC can force the sale of securities or
other assets in your account(s). If the equity in your account falls
below the maintenance margin requirements or IFC' higher "house"
requirements, IFC can sell the securities or other assets in any of
your accounts held at IFC to cover the margin deficiency. You also
will be responsible for any short fall in the account after such sale.
IFC can sell your securities or other
assets without contacting you. Some investors mistakenly believe that
IFC must contact them for a margin call to be valid, and that IFC
cannot liquidate securities or other assets in their accounts to meet
the call unless IFC has contacted them first. This is not the case.
IFC will attempt to notify its customers of margin calls, but we are
not required to do so. However, even if IFC has contacted a customer
and provided a specific date by which the customer can meet a margin
call, IFC can still take necessary steps to protect its financial
interests, including immediately selling the securities without notice
to the customer.
You are not entitled to choose which
securities or other assets in your account(s) are liquidated or sold
to meet a margin call. Because the securities are collateral for the
margin loan, IFC has the right to decide which security to sell in
order to protect its interests.
IFC can increase its "house"
maintenance margin requirements at any time and is not required to
provide you advance written notice. These changes in IFC' policy often
take effect immediately and may result in the issuance of a
maintenance margin call. Your failure to satisfy the call may cause
IFC to liquidate or sell securities in your account(s).
You are not entitled to an extension of
time on a margin call. While an extension of time to meet margin
requirements may be available to customers under certain conditions, a
customer does not have a right to the extension.
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