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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Filed under: Rumors , Market matters , Bank of America (BAC) , Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW) , TD AmeriTrade Holding (AMTD) , Options , Wells Fargo (WFC) , Chasing Value , E*TRADE (ETFC) Look before you leap! All year long rumors have been swirling around that E*TRADE ( ETFC ) was on the auction block being prepared for an acquisition by a bigger fish interested in its customers and superior trading...
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Filed under: Earnings reports , Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW) , TD AmeriTrade Holding (AMTD) , E*TRADE (ETFC) E*Trade (NASDAQ: ETFC ) is a well-known brand in the broker space. It competes vigorously with the other giants, TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ: AMTD ) and Charles Schwab (NASDAQ: SCHW ). To be honest, if I were looking for investment ideas in this sector, I would probably begin my search with the latter...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/20/2009
BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. on Monday said it will buy back some auction-rate securities purchased by clients who lost money when the ARS market seized up during the credit crunch. Separately, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday it has settled charges against the online broker for making inaccurate statements when selling ARS to customers. In related news, The...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/16/2009
Charles Schwab Corp. on Thursday said its second-quarter net income fell by nearly a third as lower investment-management fees cut into the firm’s bottom line.
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/16/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Charles Schwab Corp. announced Thursday it earned $205 million, or 18 cents a share, in the second-quarter ending June 30, compared to net income of $295 million, or 26 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenues for the broker fell nearly 17% to $1.09 billion. Analysts, on average, expected Schwab to report net income of 18 cents a share, according to a survey by FactSet...
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 07/13/2009
Filed under: Dell (DELL) , Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW) , CIT Group (CIT) , Goldman Sachs Group (GS) , Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (POT) Today was one of those days that was going to start out soft, but a key analyst upgrade saved the day. There was actually no early economic data, and traders are putting on their pre-earnings trades. Here is a quick look at the earnings previews for this week's key...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 06/12/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) --- Charles Schwab Corp. said on Friday that its client daily average trades were 370,900 in May, up 22% from a year ago and up 1% from April. Net new assets brought to the company by new and existing clients in May 2009 totaled $7.5 billion, Schwab said. Schwab's total client assets were $1.22 trillion as of month-end May, down 17% from May 2008 and up 5% from April 2009. Market...
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 06/03/2009
Filed under: Products and services , Rants and raves , Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW) , Personal finance , S and P 500 My investment world leads me to deal with many brokers and I am constantly amazed at the bad advice that is so prevalent in the financial industry. I think many brokerage houses remain conflicted, try as they might to be otherwise. Here is the latest example to reach my doorstep. We have...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 06/03/2009
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has assigned an `A' rating to long-term senior debt issued by Charles Schwab Corporation (SCHW). The Rating Outlook for SCHW is Stable. SCHW has issued $750 million of long-term
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iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 05/20/2009
We highlight Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS), E-Trade Financial Corp. (ETFC) and The Charles Schwab Corp. (SCHW). The Federal Deficit will be almost $2 Trillion this year, or over 12% of GDP. If we exclude the WWII years, the previous peak in the deficit as a percent of GDP was 6.3% under Reagan. Next year, the deficit is projected to decline to about $1.2 Trillion, a projection that strikes me as optimistic,...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 05/14/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Retail financial services firm The Charles Schwab Corp. said on Thursday that its client daily average trades rose 24% in April compared to April 2008, and fell 8% from March 2009. Net new assets brought to the company by new and existing clients in April 2009 totaled $3.3 billion, "reflecting client cash disbursements during tax season," the company said in a press...
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 04/29/2009
Filed under: Earnings reports , Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW) , TD AmeriTrade Holding (AMTD) , E*TRADE (ETFC) I know, I know. You look at the recent performace of E*Trade 's (NASDAQ: ETFC ) shares and you say to yourself, man, I've got to play this stock and make some return! Sure, E*Trade shares have doubled since the first of the year. But then the earnings hit the fan, my trading friends, and that...
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Financial24 (Free subscription) | 04/29/2009
The Board of Directors of The Charles Schwab Corporation has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per common share. The dividend is payable May 22, 2009 to stockholders of record May
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