We now have all three of the large online brokerage giants out with their monthly metrics for Janury. We wanted to compare E*TRADE FINANCIAL Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC), TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:…
There are an extremely small number of companies which are likely to do relatively well during the recession, either because they are the market share leaders in their industries by a wide…
Charles Schwab Corp. (NASDAQ: SCHW) results might not be that great compared to before, but they may be the envy of Wall Street. The online discount broker not only made money on…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are some of the top early bird analyst upgrades and downgrades we are seeing this Thursday morning: Cepheid (CPHD) Started as Buy at Needham. Charles Schwab (SCHW) Raised to Market Perform…
The Charles Schwab Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHW) posted a 4% earnings drop down to $0.26 EPS, which is after a $0.04 item for previously disclosed charges. Revenues fell 3% from Q3-2007 down to…
Douglas A. McIntyre This is the new official 48-hour period to be known in the future as GOVERNMENT BACKSTOP DAYS. While financial stocks are a big beneficiary of this, the moves being seen in online…
The market staged an improbable rally. After selling off over 500 points yesterday and opening down over 100 points today, the Dow is about even. Wall St. may see a small ember…
E*Trade (ETFC) had a bad quarter, in large part due to provisions for loan losses of $319 million. The company posted a net loss for the quarter of $119 million against a…
According to Reutere, Yahoo! (YHOO) profits were down, but the company maintained its full-year forecast. Reuters reports that Wachovia (WB) posted huge write-offs and losses for the last quarter. Reuters writes that…
It is almost impossible to understand why business people could not use their RIM (RIMM) Blackberry devices to trade stocks until now. The Blackberry can run e-mail applications and the new versions…
Short sellers TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.(NASDAQ: AMTD), E*TRADE Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ETFC), and Charles Schwab Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHW) look like a mixed bag on the surface, but the trends in two of…
The short interest in Sirius (SIRI) inflated by 30.9 million shares to 188.9 million. The figures compare April 30 to April 15 numbers. Investor are clearly willing to gamble against the company’s…
The hallmark of some of the most successful companies over the last fifty years is that the CEOs spent a great deal of their time with customers and at company locations around…
TD AMERITRADE (NASDAQ: AMTD) came in with a solid report of $0.31 EPS on $623 million revenues. First Call had estimates $0.31 EPS on $615.66 million in revenues. It also reaffirmed guidance…
On Thursday, we’ll get to see earnings out of TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: AMTD) and E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC). In fact, that will already mark the actual end of the…
