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Ameritrade's Asset Growth Remains Strong As Trading Declines
Trefis • Thu, Apr 18
Earnings Preview: TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation
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Negative Earnings Revisions Give TD Ameritrade Better Upside Potential Than Schwab
Takeover Analyst • Fri, Feb 3, 2012 • 1 Comment
8 Reasons TD Ameritrade Looks Like a Buy at These Price Levels
Bret Jensen • Fri, Aug 12, 2011 • 11 Comments
Ameritrade Hopes to Attract More Customers With New Trade Platform
Trefis • Tue, May 24, 2011
Can RIAs Provide a Lift for Ameritrade?
Trefis • Fri, Apr 1, 2011
Increased Options Trading to Lift Ameritrade?
Trefis • Fri, Mar 11, 2011
TD Ameritrade May Have More Room to Run
Aaron Foster • Wed, Feb 16, 2011 • 4 Comments
Plan Ratings vs. ETF Portfolio Returns, Part 3
MyPlanIQ • Sun, Nov 7, 2010
TD Ameritrade's Q4 Profits Fall 27%
Proactive Investor • Tue, Oct 26, 2010
Ameritrade Joins the Free ETF Party
George Spritzer • Sun, Oct 10, 2010 • 3 Comments
More Investors Are Saying Bye-Bye to Buy and Hold
TraderMark • Fri, Apr 10, 2009 • 18 Comments
After Record Q3, Analysts Are Bullish on Thinkorswim
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Online Financial Tools Sized Up
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The Long Case for ThinkorSwim Group
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Market Probably Overreacting to INVESTools' Earnings Flop
Mark Sadler Perkins • Tue, May 6, 2008
Investools Acquires Social Networking Start Page mytrade.com
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INVESTools: The Bull Case
John Lewis • Thu, Dec 20, 2007 • 2 Comments
Investools: Too Many Accounting Red Flags
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The Short Case on INVESTools
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Today's Market News To Trade On: 5 Stocks Moving On News
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Today's Market News To Trade On: 5 Stocks Moving On News
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VIX - Options Volatility And Market Sonar: Thursday Recap
Erick McKitterick • Thu, Mar 7 • 17 Comments
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The Worldwide Transaction Tax Can Be A Huge Killer
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VIX - Options Volatility And Market Sonar: Tuesday Recap
Erick McKitterick • Tue, Feb 12 • 2 Comments
Schwab Unveils Game Changing Commission-Free ETF Platform
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Why E-Trade Should Enter The Canadian Market Again
Alejandro Guillú Mendoza • Tue, Jan 29 • 5 Comments
Short-Term Rise Cannot Support Knight's Fall
Peter Pham • Thu, Dec 27, 2012 • 2 Comments
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
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Today's Market News To Trade On: 5 Stocks Moving On News
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Mystery Surrounding Instilend's Acquisition By Investview Has Been Solved
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Bank Of America Still A Mess
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E-Trade's Last Move Hinted Consolidation For Online Brokerage Industry
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Knight Capital's Ironic Imaginary Valuation
Markos Kaminis • Tue, Aug 7, 2012 • 7 Comments
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
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Software Glitch Pushes Knight Capital Towards Bankruptcy
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After The Ex-Dividend, Your Payment Date
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TD Ameritrade Holding Management Discusses Q2 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Apr 16
TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation Presents at 2013 Credit Suisse Financial Services Forum, Feb-14-2013 11:45 AM
Thu, Feb 14
Ameritrade Holdings' CEO Discusses F1Q13 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Jan 22
TD Ameritrade Holding Management Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Nov 5, 2012
TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation CEO Discusses F3Q12 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Jul 17, 2012
TD Ameritrade's CEO Presents at UBS Global Financial Services Conference (Transcript)
Sat, May 12, 2012
TD Ameritrade Holding's CEO Discusses F2Q 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Apr 17, 2012
TD Ameritrade Holding's CEO Discusses F1Q2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Jan 17, 2012
Ameritrade's CEO Presents at Goldman Sachs US Financial Services Conference 2011 - Conference Call Transcript
Wed, Dec 7, 2011
TD Ameritrade Holding at CLSA AsiaUSA Forum Conference Call Transcript
Wed, Nov 9, 2011
TD Ameritrade Holding CEO Discusses Q4 2011 and Yearend Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Oct 26, 2011
TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation's CEO Discusses F3Q 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Jul 19, 2011
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. F1Q10 (Qtr End 12/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Jan 19, 2010
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. F4Q09 (Qtr End 09/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Oct 27, 2009
TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation F1Q09 (Qtr End 12/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Jan 20, 2009
TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation Acquisition of thinkorswim Call Transcript
Thu, Jan 8, 2009 • 3 Comments
TD Ameritrade F4Q08 (Qtr End 9/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Oct 23, 2008
thinkorswim Group, Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Aug 25, 2008
TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation F3Q08 (Qtr End 06/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Jul 17, 2008
Investools, Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Sun, May 18, 2008

TD Ameritrade's Investor Movement Index: IMX Reading Still at a Bullish Level despite Recent Dips

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Goldilocks US Jobs Data Keep 'Taper' Talk Alive

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Online Brokerages Rally as Investors Bid Up Equities

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‘N.J.’s Madoff’: Fear and greed drive investors

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TD Ameritrade Reports Monthly Metrics

Business Wire (Jun 6, 2013)
Voting Now Open For the 2013 TD Ameritrade Fan’s Choice Award

Business Wire (Jun 3, 2013)
TD Ameritrade Institutional Fiduciary Leadership Summit Boasts Powerhouse Speaker Lineup

Business Wire (May 28, 2013)
TD Ameritrade CEO to Speak at Sandler O'Neill Global Exchange and Brokerage Conference

Business Wire (May 28, 2013)
Bernanke...Pre-Empted by Dudley

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Early Movers: TGT, LOW, MRK, SPLS & More

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Early Movers: HD, BBY, URBN, DELL & More

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TD Ameritrade Institutional Breaks It Down for Breakaway Brokers

Business Wire (May 20, 2013)
Amid Economic Uncertainty, 1 in 4 Americans Plan to Spend More on Travel this Summer

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Early Movers: YHOO, CPB, BA, GE & More

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Strange Days: Roaring Markets but Sketchy Data

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TD Ameritrade Launches New ETF Knowledge Center

Business Wire (May 14, 2013)
Congress to SEC: We Have Our Eyes On You

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As Investor Optimism Continues to Improve, Generation Y & Z Take Action

Business Wire (May 13, 2013)
TD Ameritrade Reports Monthly Metrics

Business Wire (May 9, 2013)
TD Ameritrade CEO to Speak at Barclays Americas Select Franchise Conference

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We are a leading provider of securities brokerage services and technology-based financial services to retail investors and business partners. We provide our services predominantly through the Internet, a national branch network and relationships with independent registered investment advisors... More

Sector: Financial

Industry: Investment Brokerage - National

Country: United States

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Monday, June 10, 10:10 AM Sheep to the slaughter or just late to an ongoing party? Outperformance from Charles Schwab (SCHW), TD Ameritrade (AMTD -0.2%), and E-Trade (ETFC -0.6%) may mean the ever-elusive sideline money is set to flood back into the market, Bloomberg claims. "It says something about an improvement of confidence among … retail investors and households," James Paulsen adds. In the interest of not counting the proverbial chickens, it's worth mentioning that ICI data show an outflow of $1.7B from domestic equity mutual funds in the week ended May 29. 1 Comment
Tuesday, April 16, 2:44 PM More onTD Ameritrade (AMTD) FQ2 earnings: Commissions and transaction fees of $287M is off $5M from a year ago as customer engagement "remains tepid," according to CEO Fred Tomczyk (CC transcript). Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTS) declined 2.4% Y/Y. Activity rate: trades per day divided by customer accounts fell to 6.5% from 6.8% a year earlier. 7% "would be a good number," says Tomczyk. (PR) Comment! [Financials, Earnings]
Tuesday, April 16, 7:31 AM TD Ameritrade (AMTD): Q1 EPS of $0.26 in-line. Revenue of $679M beats by $4.02M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Tuesday, April 16, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Tuesday’s open: AMTD, BLK, CMA, GS, GWW, JNJ, KO, NTRS, USB, WWW Comment! [Earnings]
Monday, April 15, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Tuesday’s open: AMTD, BLK, CMA, GS, GWW, JNJ, KO, NTRS, USB, WWW Comment! [Earnings]
Thursday, March 14, 3:45 PM TD Ameritrade (AMTD) CEO Tom Fredric took advantage of a 52-week high to sell 200K shares of company stock in the last week, grossing about $4M and taking his stake down to just over 1M shares. Comment! [Financials]
Wednesday, March 13, 9:24 AM Mutual fund giant Fidelity broadens and extends an agreement with ETF giant BlackRock (BLK) to give its 10M customers improved access to iShares products. The new deal will more than double Fidelity's commission-free ETF offerings and create new portfolio strategies for using the funds. The move follows Schwab's (SCHW) OneSource, which made 105 ETFs available commission-free. Comment! [Financials]
Monday, March 11, 11:58 AM TD Ameritrade (AMTD) monthly stats for February: Average client trades of 386K/day, -6% Y/Y. $502.5B in client assets, +14% Y/Y. Rising assets are nice, more client activity and/or higher interest rates would be better. (PR) Comment! [Financials]
Thursday, February 7, 4:02 PM A look beneath the hood of Schwab's (SCHW) recently unveiled lineup of 105 commission-free ETFs shows an impressive breadth of asset class coverage, including currency, physical metals and equal-weight sector ETFs not previously available for commission-free trading. Notably absent: iShares single country funds, 10 of which are available among the 101 ETFs TD Ameritrade (AMTD) offers commission-free. Comment!
Tuesday, January 22, 8:12 AM More on TD Ameritrade (AMTD) FQ1 earnings: Transaction-based revenue -5.9% Y/Y to $257M. Asset-based revenue +5.3% Y/Y to $377M. Net new asset growth of 13% annualized. Average client trades/day -9% Y/Y to 334K. Activity rate of 5.8%, down from 6.5% a year ago. Net interest margin of 1.58% down from 1.69% a year ago. Shares +1.5% premarket. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials, On the Move]
Tuesday, January 22, 7:31 AM TD Ameritrade (AMTD): FQ1 EPS of $0.27 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $651M beats by $18.52M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Tuesday, January 22, 12:04 AM Notable earnings before Tuesday’s open: AMTD, CNI, CRBC, DAL, DD, EAT, FCX, FMER, JNJ, KSU, MTG, PETS, RF, SNV, TRV, VZ, WAT Comment! [Earnings]
Thursday, December 27, 2012, 7:15 AM Getco's $1.4B bid for Knight Capital (KCG) gets a key backer with the support of TD Ameritrade (AMTD) - a 7% owner of Knight. Combined with Jefferies' previously announced support and Getco's own shares, this brings to 45% the ratio of Knight's shares in favor of the deal. Blackstone - a 15.6% owner - also looks likely to back the sale. Comment! [M&A, Financials]
Monday, December 10, 2012, 8:20 AM TD Ameritrade (AMTD) declares special dividend of $0.50/share. For shareholders of record Dec. 21. Payable Dec. 31. Ex-div date Dec. 19. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 12:05 AM Notable earnings scheduled for Tuesday morning: ADM, AGCO, AGN, ALLT, AMTD, ASH, BP, CAH, CBB, CIE, CMI, DB, DLPH, ECL, F, GOV, HCP, HE, IPGP, IPXL, JCI, LLL, MCGC, MPW, NUS, PCS, PNR, SWC, TLM, TRI, TRP, TRW, UBS, VLO, VSH, WM, X, YNDX Comment! [Earnings]
Monday, October 29, 2012, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Tuesday’s open: ADM, AGCO, AGN, ALLT, AMTD, ASH, BP, CAH, CBB, CIE, CMI, DB, DLPH, ECL, F, GNV, GOV, HCP, HE, IPGP, IPXL, JCI, LLL, MCGC, MPW, NUS, PCS, PNR, SWC, TLM, TRI, TRP, TRW, UBS, VLO, VSH, WM, X, YNDX Comment! [Earnings]

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$AMTD ,....I think he is right, I go to school at thinkorswim & invest tools!
May 10, 2:26 PM
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Hillbilly Stock Star: Never knew how much I didn't know till I had enough money for some one to tell me! LoL!
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ltfinger
New Upgrades (5/3/13): $AIT, $ALK, $AMAG, $AMTD, $AREX, $BDX, $BHI, $CSU, $EMR, $ERX, $ET, $EXLP, $EZA, $FCX, $FIX, $FLR, $FSYS, $GILD
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$AMTD earnings $0.26, in-line with the whisper number. http://bit.ly/119L8MS
Apr 16, 8:16 AM
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CNNMONEY:Forget the fiscal cliff, the economy is rebounding. http://cnnmon.ie/TSGIKj $AMTD
12/11/12
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realornot: u mean Santa is rebounding! Only Santa Can...... hopes and dreams so make one now.
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neobliviscar
AMTD systems seem to be having Options trading issues this morning.
10/19/12
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Michael Bryant
Remember TD Ameritrade (AMTD) commercial: "Use your tools. Ask questions. Don't follow the crap."
8/30/12
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Michael Bryant
I like TD Ameritrade's (AMTD) slogan: "Use your tools. Ask questions. Don't follow the crap."
8/21/12
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Perkins Cove
Reuters reporting "AMTD, ETFC, Vanguard not routing trades to KCG." I feel for the people that work for KCG. But for a glich go I...
8/2/12
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neobliviscar: I expect it sub $2.00 Fri. Should it get down to $1.50 & no filing before 3:45pm, I'd be grabbing 10k worth of downside risk vs 15k reward.
8/2/12
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Perkins Cove: For the people that work there....."You can't fall out of the Universe" -Dr. Irene Perkins
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Ryan Mallory
Short Meadwestvaco (MWV) at $28.50 & Position Updates in GS & AMTD http://bit.ly/MI8Yux
7/25/12
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Ryan Mallory
Trading Plan for July 24, 2012 http://bit.ly/MZ2sNz SPY IWM DIA QQQ AUTH AMTD
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Hillbilly Stock Star
$AMTD ,....I think he is right, I go to school at thinkorswim & invest tools!
May 10, 2:26 PM
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Hillbilly Stock Star: Never knew how much I didn't know till I had enough money for some one to tell me! LoL!
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CNNMONEY:Forget the fiscal cliff, the economy is rebounding. http://cnnmon.ie/TSGIKj $AMTD
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realornot: u mean Santa is rebounding! Only Santa Can...... hopes and dreams so make one now.
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Perkins Cove
Reuters reporting "AMTD, ETFC, Vanguard not routing trades to KCG." I feel for the people that work for KCG. But for a glich go I...
8/2/12
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neobliviscar: I expect it sub $2.00 Fri. Should it get down to $1.50 & no filing before 3:45pm, I'd be grabbing 10k worth of downside risk vs 15k reward.
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Perkins Cove: For the people that work there....."You can't fall out of the Universe" -Dr. Irene Perkins
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Boatyzaffa
AMTD stop moved to 16.51
7/17/12
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Boatyzaffa: and stopped out @ 16.50. Profit: $80
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Boatyzaffa
Well, done for the day. Hope you all have a great weekend! Here are my openpositions: Long 200 AMTD, Long 400 LUK, & long one Jan19-25...
7/13/12
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Boatyzaffa: ...bull call spread (X) U.S. Steel. From now on, I'll post my open positions at the end of each week. Again, best of luck to you all!
7/13/12
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Boatyzaffa
bought 200 AMTD @ 16.10
7/9/12
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Boatyzaffa: It appears to be a great value, right now trading just over two times book, profit margins 22.69%, & ROE 14.55%. I like it up to 16.75...
7/10/12
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Boatyzaffa: The two criteria that has really swayed me is the 60.29% insider ownership and The 6.95B in cash (debt Is at 1.34B). Cash and insider heavy
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Hillbilly Stock Star
PBA....if you can't get in you may have to call broker, AMTD is up to speed, Long.
4/2/12
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Hillbilly Stock Star: Sloppy for 2-3 days is my guess.
4/2/12
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Hillbilly Stock Star: Apparently Wall Street boys like to start 10-10:30 ish! LoL! 227k volume, expect light to moderate chop till dust settles imo.
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cowpieTX
i'm bored, just wired a guap to AMTD to buy some options. taking ideas if anyone has suggestions or insight.....
12/30/11
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REIT: covered calls *
12/30/11
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cowpieTX: selling BID calls or buying puts is a good idea. post holiday blues will hurt top tier retailers imho.
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