Cherrington is a registered representative with a US broker/dealer who has a number of individual clients, including his mother. Cherrington trades mutual fund shares for his mother's account, which has a long-term investment horizon. All of these funds have similar long-term risk and return objectives. Cherrington split $731,265 in investment funds in his mother's account among 42 different mutual funds in 11 fund families. For the majority of mutual fund purchases, he sold the funds within 92 to 274 days of purchasing them. Cherrington earned $24,747 in sales charges for these trades but discounted the fees 10% because it was his mother's account. Cherrington's actions are Investments and Trading .