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TD Ameritrade And E*Trade: Wedding Bells?

That will be fine with me. Leave it alone and let the value recover on its own. It will be worth alot more than a buyout in the long run.


On Nov 23 01:26 PM Al the pal wrote:

> ETFC shareholders are delusional if they think a buyout is going
> to happen while there is still so much HELOC loan exposure, the worsening
> employment picture means that things are not going to turn around
> anytime soom. Both Schwab and Ameritrade have stated they have no
> interest whatsoever in acquiring ETFC's problem loans. The only
> way a buyout could happen is if ETFC could spin them off to Citadel
> for another pennies on the dollar scenario, leaving shareholders
> then holding a pure brokerage stock, as Trone has pointed out however,
> that dramatically lowers the value of the company.

TD Ameritrade-E*Trade Deal Needs to Happen

I would agree with you if you weren't so wrong. You yourself who used their services years ago and are disgruntled about it im sure, have not seen the service platforms lately. If you have you would understand why they are an attractive candidate for takeover or return to profits. I would much rather them return to profits as my long term goal is higher than the quick buck we could make today.


On Nov 19 03:58 PM captainccs wrote:

> Please don't! Please don't! Please don't! Just let ETrade go broke,
> as they must as they keep shooting themselves in the foot and the
> head and elsewhere.
>
> ETrade was my first online broker, via CompuServe, before Brenner-Lee
> invented the WWW (it was not Al Gore who did it). In time ETrade
> service deteriorated so badly that I had to switch to Quick &
> Reilly. When Bank of America ruined Quick & Reilly I switched
> to Ameritrade.
>
> All Ameritrade needs to do is to wait for ETrade to go bankrupt and
> then pick up the costumers for free. ETrade is such a management
> mess that surely they will go broke any day now. Just watch and wait,
> don't help them by making stupid statements about buying that piece
> of junk.

TD Ameritrade-E*Trade Deal Needs to Happen

Wow. We can agree to agree on this one i guess. We either move up on values or get bought out. The buy time is right now before a the move above the two dollar mark.


On Nov 19 01:37 PM Mr. Stupid wrote:

> It' a win win investment either way. ETFC is here to stay.
>
> Mr. Stupid

Are Discount Broker Shares Worth Owning? Depends Which One

I disagree. I am extremely happy with the platform and fees at ETFC. I also recently bought the stock because i think it has the most upturn potential. I bought it because people are going to it in droves. Not only the younger newer investors but the babyboomers are converting as well. No need to pay brokers to lose your money when you can have the option to buy at the spur of the moment catching a stock on a bottom bounce or selling covered calls if you see a probable "too high" run. I myself took a huge 75% plunge when the market tanked and with the tools that E*Trade has available i was able to turn that around to a 105% gain for the year. I cannot be unsold on the platform or the stock at this price.


On Nov 04 09:14 AM TCK wrote:

> With the proliferation of even lower commissions from various other
> brokerage firms, ETrade and Ameritrade may be considered "Discount"
> house in name only.
>
> They may be a viable investment, but even a mildly knowledgeable
> investor would be disappointed in their commissions and service.

Top 10 Investment / Finance Websites: September 2009

I've seen a similar list like this where Bloomberg was in the top 5. ??


On Oct 23 04:19 PM TexasRedNeck wrote:

> I am amazed Bloomberg.com did not make the list.

Update on My Channeling Stocks Portfolio

Ive found when the stock moves up and stabilizes on its own then analysts up their targets. I wouldn't want to be short at this point. Shorts were for earlier in the year. To short now would be suicide unless you have insider info. I like to use an approach from a conservative standpoint of looking at company fundamentals and future estimates and how much the stock is beaten up in comparison to what it was a years ago. I figure if the stock is say 10 and was 50 and the market returns just half on an upswing which i think it will do it would put it at $25 a share. Thats a 150% return. Even if it takes two to three years to do so is far better than most investments.