Develop a business plan for an on-line brokerage firm: Students in this group will research the

start-up process and regulatory procedures for creating a start-up on-line stock brokerage firm.

Essentially, students will determine the how many employees to hire, what their qualifications

must be, what SEC, FINRA and other regulatory requirements (including examinations) must be

fulfilled for those employees, etc. This group will also determine office and technological

requirements and estimate the costs on a periodic basis for starting up the firm. In addition, students will estimate future revenues and determine the viability of the start-up firm. Students in this group may wish to visit the web sites of on-line brokerage firms, including that of E-Trade at

https://us.etrade.com/home. Other useful web sites may include http://www.sec.gov and

http://www.finra.org/ .