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    • Mon Apr 28th 16:52 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      E*Trade: Hindsight with Binoculars
      Thanks Voice, does it show what institutions are owners of stocks, insider trades, etc?
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    • Mon Apr 28th 14:01 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      E*Trade: Hindsight with Binoculars
      In the process of transferring an account over to ETrade right now. Seems we have a couple people here who had a bad experience. I'm guessing the ETFC bulls will say they love the customer service. Anyone have a non-biased report on their experience with the service? Also, I keep hearing "their platform" is great. Can someone tell me what makes it so great?
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    • Mon Apr 28th 12:00 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Visa, MasterCard: A Chance to Profit as Markets Go Mad
      Sorry Buy V, I mean V winner, nobody who has raised over $100 million would spend even a fraction of the time on these boards as you do. This is where pikers go to tout their positions, not people with real wealth. It is funny to see people respond to themselves though.
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    • Fri Apr 25th 20:02 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Visa, MasterCard: A Chance to Profit as Markets Go Mad
      Listen to Wez? I've never said to buy or sell V. I could care less what anyone does or says he/she does here, unlike the boiler room promoters commenting here. Heaven forbid someone give one balanced discussion on this stock. "Here is why I bought it" and "Here is what you might think about before buying it"........now that would be a refreshing post.
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    • Fri Apr 25th 19:53 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Why the E*Trade Shorts Have It Wrong
      www.marketwatch.com/ne...
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    • Fri Apr 25th 11:47 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Why the E*Trade Shorts Have It Wrong
      Yea, the company announced wider losses than expected. Does SA doing any fact checking, jesus. Having said that, I have opened an ETrade account recently since so many here seem to love their trading tools. I may even buy some shares when the money hits the account.
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    • Tue Apr 22nd 17:04 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Visa and Mastercard: The Mortgage Brokers of the Credit Card Industry
      Lol, BuyV is still on these boards touting V? Dude, get a life. Heaven forbid anyone other than you give an opinion or thought about this stock that doesn't fit your boiler room version of reality. Guess what, I am a Wall Street regulator and find your calls for some sort of investigation as hilarious as your 24/7 promoting of your long position.
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    • Mon Apr 21st 18:50 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      E*Trade: Primed To Turn Around?
      Lol, Buffett wouldn't touch this stock. Yea, he buys value, but the overwhelming majority of his purchases are in stocks that aren't necessarily beaten down, but more unrecognized by the masses as having value. He mostly buys companies that are functioning on all eight cylinders and he thinks will do even better in the future. No one knows what this company will do going forward....thats why its at $4 dollars.

      I'm getting sick of the topic actually. I wish everyone here good luck on the recovery, I'll sit this one out. Way to many companies out there with huge revenue and profit increases to F with some question mark.
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    • Mon Apr 21st 17:48 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      E*Trade: Primed To Turn Around?
      Hehe, I'll try not to rain on your losing ETFC position anymore Voice, sounds like you got it all figured out.
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    • Mon Apr 21st 13:30 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      E*Trade: Primed To Turn Around?
      Ezmass1

      I wasn't complaining about being flamed, I was laughing at it. I'll make the argument that listening and believing what is said on company conf. calls is probably one of the biggest mistakes an investor can make. Do you really think a company's management would give anything other than a fully massaged and scrubbed depiction of what is happening? You claim to be a seasoned investor yet choose to list what a company says about itself as some sort of evidence of a turnaround? Have you ever heard positive comments on conf. calls and than seen a company unravel shortly after? How many stocks can we put onto a list that fit this scenario?

      One of the mistakes I've made in the past when buying stocks is choosing to listen to one school of thought when I think it supports my case for owning a company. I to have thought that ETFC was possibly unfairly taken down and may represent a decent turnaround play. Than I started to think about all the competition in their space that isn't having the same problems. Than I started to remind myself that while a beat up stock may look good from a value point of view, often times where there is smoke there is found fire. With so many other companies flourishing in this market (i.e. GOOG, etc), do I really need to invest in a company where there is still a question with their long term viability.

      You don't need to tell me to put my money in a mutual fund instead of owning individual stocks because I disagree with your few of EPS reporting. You choosing to believe that their 10c miss is meaningless, doesn't mean it is meaningless. I have plenty of money in mutual funds. I enjoy putting a portion of my investment dollars into individual stocks and the last thing I'm going to do with that money is listen to a bunch of anonymous internet posters sway what I feel has been a successful approach to investing.
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    • Fri Apr 18th 19:14 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      First Solar Now in Its Third Leg Up
      Yikes, didn't mean to start something.

      Next question for both of you, why spend so much time on multiple message boards talking about a stock? Anthony, you are margined to the hilt and making a killing, why not just enjoy the ride and brush off all the haters.

      Marc, why not just sink a bunch of cash into FSLF LEAP Puts and move onto to a more constructive activity than fighting on these boards?

      The amount of touting I see, in place of balanced discussions just makes me doubt what is being said. I enjoy hearing different points of view, but they rarely come from the same person.
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    • Fri Apr 18th 19:00 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      E*Trade: Primed To Turn Around?
      I'm not short this stock, I have no agenda here. I'm simply taking the devils advocate position when I see everyone making overwhelmingly gushing comments about this stock.

      Is it possible that management has understated their exposure and possible further write downs?

      Lets fast forward 3 months, this stock is at 5, 6, 7, 8, you pick the price...and they come out with another announcement like the one today? Will the market be as forgiving as it was today? I invest in companies, I don't trade stocks. When I can say, with confidence, that in 3 months this company will be fine thats when I like to invest. I suspect that type of sentiment is why this stock is at $4.
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    • Fri Apr 18th 17:18 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      E*Trade: Primed To Turn Around?
      Lol, typical seeking Alpha rabid stock promoters. I ask simply for a discussion of not only the good but also the risks and get my head chewed off.

      Is it possible that the company management who say they don't plan on a dilutive raising of capitol could be underestimating the carnage ahead in the residential real estate markets. The tide is going out ahead of the tidal wave of mortgage & HELOC defaults and nobody seems to be running for cover. Anyway you slice it, this company is highly leveraged and if a significant portion of their assets is tied to residential assets that have a long way to go before a bottom is reached, the company will need to raise more cash somehow, somewhere.

      Thats why the stock is at $4. Not because its been unfairly treated by the media or by a few crooked analyst. Supply and demand. Besides a very loyal following of people, like those represented here, there are a ton of people who don't want to get tied up in a company that "may" have further issues. They did lose $91 million with a big EPS disappointment.

      Luckily this market has been shrugging off all bad news, thinking the bottom is in, but everyone here knows that this earnings report just a month ago would have cut this stock in half, again. I've been looking for an opportunity to pick some shares up because if the bottom is in, and they do return to profitability soon, than you guys are right, this stock will take off. This report was not exactly the good news I was looking for to get off the sidelines and pick up some shares.

      If they said they had jettisoned their mortgage business instead of implying that it would turn around, I would of found much more reason to buy this thing.
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    • Fri Apr 18th 14:58 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      E*Trade: Primed To Turn Around?
      122 times leverage and planning on a dilutive share offering to raise money? Why does almost everyone on these boards choose to focus on only the good or bad points and not have any balanced discussions?
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    • Fri Apr 18th 14:21 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      First Solar Now in Its Third Leg Up
      Andrew, great discussion. You are a raging bull on this stock and have not spoken about any risks, but have made a lot of great points. You have ignored Marc Anthony's comments, why? I'd like to hear your take on possible material disruptions.
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