TD AMERITRADE Holding Corp. (NYSE:AMTD)

STSC Feb 2013

Well run company. Good for selling covered calls.

Its trading platform is excellent and continually evolving, offering tools for both long term and short term investors.

Undervalued, Well Run Company

Its earnings and revenues are growing. I need to do some more research to find out why.

Individual investors are going to take more control over their money in the next decade and these are the guys that will benefit.

I use them every day for my trades... and so do all my friends and their friends' friends.

If you watch CNBC you will see 100's of TDameritrade adds. I see their buildings quite often and many of my friends use them and only have good things to say about their trading platform. I'm gonna sell/put at 18 or maybe 17 if the time is right and be happy to own this stock at those levels. And guess what, I'm gonna use AMTD to do it.

AMTD is a solid brokerage firm, both online and in their branch offices. They have a large amount of research items for investors to use, and good information for the new investor as well. A decent dividend @.20 per share, overall I see this company moving forward into the next year.

Entire sector is currently undervalued. Plus, AMTD acquisition of ThinkOrSwim positions them with an outstanding options trading platform.

This is one of my STARZ.
Here is the thought process on this STAR:
a) Divided rate over Zero
b) 3 Year Beta between -5 & +3
c) 15% + Insider ownership
d) No greater than -50% Growth rate for the last 3 years (tough last couple of years so good that insiders are still owning the stocks)
e) Current CAPS rating between 3 Stars & 5 Stars
Open to all Industries and Sectors screened this down to just 250 stocks. I like round numbers. 12 of them I already own through other screening tools. I tend to be somewhat conservative but looking for 3 things at this point in my investing:
1. Stability & Strength
2. Yield and Modest Growth
3. Strong Position within a sector regardless of whether the
entire sector is strong or not. Each sector has to perform to some degree for the whole world economy to function. I am looking for 5 or more years down the road, ROI, and Growth. Not looking for rockets, just stars. This is a Star!!

Solid fundamentals. Strong balance sheet. Net margins at 26%+.

good stock

It's the McDonald's of online trading.

Good long-term prospects.

Long term the traditional Financial Services companies will be replaced by specialists

Transaction volume increasing very fast. Stock transactions will grow with time giving more share to AMTD. Good investments tools provide more service to customers.
A good portion owned by TD bank which is also a success story.

Is engaged in providing securities brokerage services and technology-based financial services to retail investors and business partners. Predominantly through the internet, a national branch network and relationships with independant registered investment advisors. The company offers touch-tone trading, trading over the internet, unlimited, streaming, free real-time quotes, extended trading hour, direct access and commitment on the speed of execution to its customers.

Probably will do well, but is poised against Charles Schwab and OptionsExpress. It's only an underperform pick here as a sector ballast for me.