E*Trade (NASDAQ: ETC) has been the most battered and brutalized of the large discount brokers and online brokers out there. It quite frankly deserved it after the company publicly understated its gross…
TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ: AMTD) is set to report earnings tomorrow morning. What is interesting is that Joe Moglia’s discount broker is down today, while Charles Schwab (NASDAQ: SCHW) is trading higher after…
Based on figures for short interest in Nasdaq stocks at mid-December, traders increased their bets against a number of discount brokerage and technical stocks. The numbers compare figures on December 14 to…
E*TRADE (NASDAQ: ETFC) has announced an ‘aggressive customer win-back campaign’ as one component of its ‘comprehensive’ turnaround plan. Since this is a preview, that comprehensive plan is more of a promise for…
TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ:AMTD) has issued favorable metrics and upside guidance: As of November 30, 2007, client assets totaled approximately $301 billion. Also, average investable assets amounted to $30.9 billion and average fee-based…
Not many stocks are likely to double. Even well-run companies like Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) are not likely to move 2x even with great results. The market caps are already too large and…
These are not the only analyst calls impacting individual share prices, but these are the ones that 247WallSt.com is focusing on: Charles River (NYSE: CRL) downgraded from Buy to Neutral at UBS.…
24/7 Wall St. has evaluated over 200 CEOs in order to select it CEO of the Year. Six finalists were chosen from the list. The measurements were based on company stock performance…
Douglas A. McIntyre E*Trade (ETFC), the big discount broker, was in such bad shape that the market thought a firm like TD Ameritrade (AMTD) would walk in and get the firm for next to nothing.…
A look at Thomson/First Call securities analyst ratings and price targets for E*Trade (ETFC) shows that, among eleven brokers surveyed, their mean price target is $10.64. The discount broker, which is in…
The FT is reporting that Merrill Lynch (MER) and Citigroup (C) are looking at partial IPOs of the retail brokerage units. According to the newspaper "brokerage businesses trade on much higher earnings…
It would be fair to assume that a number of frightened customers are leaving E*Trade (ETFC) for other brokerage firms. but there is not much solid evidence of how fast that is…
A number of investors watch the list of 52-week highs each day or eachweek. It is a list that tells a story. Stocks that have risen over along period can be a…
24/7 Wall St. did an online survey asking visitors to its website which discount broker give the best service. With 106 respondents, these are the results: Scottrade …
Below is the short interest for major company stocks traded on the Nasdaq. The figures are from August 15 and compare to numbers from July 13, 2007. Investors were not willing to…
