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Investing
The E*Trade Sales Catastrophe
Hedge fund Citadel wants E*Trade (NASDAQ: ETFC) to sell itself, so that it can make back the money it invested in the online broker. Citadel waited too long to make its suggestion.…
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8:01am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Online Finance Consolidation Continues, Maybe (ING, GE, COF, ETFC, SCHW, AMTD, C, BCS, RF)
ING Groep NV (NYSE: ING) is all over the news this morning after reports that its online U.S. bank assets may fetch as much as $9 billion. Bloomberg has reported that General…
8:19am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ANF, ALU, APO, BHI, BP, CPO, ETFC, FUJIY, GMCR, LECO, NVDA, OXY, PEP, QIHU, SNDK, LUV, AMTD, TE)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Cut to Neutral at Susquehanna.…
12:01pm ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
The M&A Daily: Why Specialty Platforms Matter To Brokerage Firms (SCHW, OXPS, AMTD, ETFC, CBOE, NDAQ, NYX, MKTX, IBKR, TRAD)
It is 12:00 Noon and that means it is time for The M&A Daily. While news came out on Monday that Charles Schwab Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHW) was acquiring optionsXpress Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:…
8:23am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADBE, ARG, AGN, AEO, AN, COG, FITB, F, GM, HUM, JBL, JNS, LEA, LINE, MRX, RSH, AMTD)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Cut to Hold at S&P Equity…
12:35pm ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
E*TRADE’s Secondary Drop Is Actually Good For Holders (ETFC, SCHW, AMTD, MS, GS)
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) is getting hit hard today on news that Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group has sold shares in the stock in a registered offering. Don’t be fooled by…
10:35am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Morgan Stanley Earnings Stand Apart From Goldman Sachs (MS, GS, AMTD, SCHW, WFC)
Profits at Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) rose 88% in the fourth quarter compared with the same period a year ago. Competitor Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) reported yesterday that its profits…
10:12am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Online Brokerage Firm Earnings: Return of Retail Investors (AMTD, SCHW, ETFC)
The S&P 500 Index rose about 17% in 2010, a good year by any measure. That rise apparently indicates that investors’ appetite for risk is growing. But is that actually the case? …
8:17am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AB, AMAT, ARMH, T, ERJ, HAS, IACI, INTC, KLAC, MAT, MRK, NVLS, POT, SWY, AMTD, VSEA)
These are some of this Friday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. (NYSE: AB) Cut to Neutral and $26 target at…
10:34am ET
Cars and Drivers
The Good, The Bad, And The Irrelevant: No GM Shares For The Masses
Irrelevant CNBC has reported that GM will not allocate any shares in its IPO for customers of Charles Schwab (NASDAQ: SCHW), TDAmeritrade (NASDAQ: AMTD), and E*Trade (NASDAQ: EFTC). That means retail investors…
11:23am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
The Case For an E*Trade Buyout Ahead (ETFC, AMTD, SCHW)
It has been a week since E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) reported earnings. We have also seen earnings this week from TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: AMTD), and The Charles Schwab Corporation…
5:18am ET
Investing
Individual Investor Leaves The Market? He Is Just Asleep
Almost every piece of data on major market volume shows that the number of shares traded on an average day continues to drop. There are a great number of guesses about why.…
8:04am ET
Investing
Major Analyst Upgrades/Downgrades (9/24/2010) (AMTD)(CSX)
Piper Jaffray upgrades shares of Kenexato Overweight and raised the its target to $29 from $13. BNP Paribas was downgraded to “equal weight” from “overweight” by Morgan Stanley on valuation grounds Natixis…
8:27am ET
Investing
Active Trader Alert Stocks (AAPL, ARNA, EXPE, LEN, ID, OPEN, AMTD)
There are many stocks on the move this Monday morning for active traders. Stocks we are tracking are Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA), Expedia Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE), Lennar…
9:05am ET
Investing
Endless Dollars For Share Buyback Plans (GPS, HPQ, MRVL, INTU, JWN, RSH, RL, DTV, DISCA, AMTD, IT)
Buybacks may not be considered the best return of capital by many investors and market pundits, but they are M&A-alternatives for management of companies. The amount of share buybacks announced in August…