TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: AMTD) is seeing a gain today after it announced a buyback plan of up to 30 million shares of common stock. When you consider its 576 million…
Jon C. Ogg GAMCO Investors, Inc. (NYSE: GBL) is the parent of Gabelli & Company and is run by the very well known investment manager Mario Gabelli. This morning came the release of Gabelli’s new…
“Never look over your shoulder. Something might be gaining on you.”–Satchel Page Jack Welsh once said that GE would sell any division of the conglomerate that was not No.1 or No.2 in…
Shares of electronic trading firms are under a bit of pressure today over fears of more price wars in the highly competitive electronic trading arena. The pressure comesx after Fidelity said it…
Reuters: Obama said he will not let companies who owe the US taxes to bid for government work. Reuters: Republican Scott Brown won the Senate race in Massachusetts putting the Obama healthcare…
By Paul Ausick of 24/7 Wall St. Charles Schwab Corporation (NASDAQ:SCHW) has announced that it will drop its online equity trade commissions for retail investors from $12.95/trade to $8.95/trade beginning January 19,…
These are this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Started as Equal-Weight at Barclays. Computer Science Corp. (NYSE: CSC) Started as…
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) has some good news this morning, although this could actually be bad news for those hoping for an immediate takeover. The company has been without an heir…
Charles Schwab Corp.(NASDAQ: SCHW) is acting as a drag on the online brokerage firms today. Schwab warned that its fourth quarter results would come in weak due to lower trading volumes and…
24/7 Wall St. has prepared its list of the ten brands that will disappear in 2010. This list is based on a review of each firm’s financial situation and other operating data,…
Updated throughout the day. The Somali pirates claim to have started their own “stock exchange” (CNBC, Reuters) E*Trade (NASDAQ:ETFC) will probably not be sold to TDAmeritrade (NASDAQ:AMTD) (The Street) Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is in talks to…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 12.24 PM EST: HSBC (NYSE:HBC), Barclays (NYSE:BCS), and Standard Chartered may have large exposure to Dubai debt problems. (NYTimes) 12.08 PM EST: Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is about to…
TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: AMTD) has just filed an automatic shelf registration statement with the SEC today, which many rumor mongers may jump on and point to the notion that this…
Updated throughout the day. Update 12.50 PM EST: Boeing (NYSE:BA) could lose a $7.5 billion order for fighter planes to Brazil if the US Senate does not confirm Obama’s nominee to be…
Many investors feel that their brokers led them astray when the market collapsed. Brokers may not have suggested moving money to safe havens, or they may have suggested that clients double down…
