1.   Also check your trading confirmation slips.

2.   And another possible solution -- printing on a confirmation slip what a particular broker earned on a bond trade was considered but never done, he said.

3.   Besides, he said, confirmation slips sent by mail come too late to be useful.

4.   But all they ever got, the prosecutors said, were pieces of paper that appeared to be confirmation slips and official-looking account statements.

5.   He said he had passed on the confirmation slip because he thought the statement was a violation of the rules.

6.   The Public Securities Association, which is opposed to revealing markup information on confirmation slips, instead endorses the notion of investors shopping around for the best price.

7.   Under the current five-day rule, many people wait until they receive confirmation slips from their brokers and then mail in payments or certificates.