E*Trade Financial Corp (ETFC)

Against the grain. It raised too quickly this week. Short this stock.

E*Trade will probably collapse within a reasonable time. Their customer service, while it used to be good, seems to be lacking. Plus there are so many places where you can trade cheaper, for both lower and higher volume traders.

One of the reasons I believe E*Trade will fail? True story: A CSR at E*Trade told me that I couldn't be approved to write covered calls because "[I] wasn't at a stage in [my] life" when I should be writing options. From his demeanor, I don't think he even thought I should be in the market and was belittling in his tone of my supposedly small investments. Suffice to say I was very upset with this. Just as a FYI, I'm 21 years old.

Treating customers like little children... Belittling customers... Hmmm... I don't think this is likely to increase shareholder value.

Definitely an underperform in my book.

The HELOC portfolio is going to experience increasing defaults and this company, despite solid core operations, will underperform the market

BUYOUT STOCK

E*Trade is a crap company with zero interest in customer service. It's extremely high charge for account inactivity has made many customer's irate because it is outrageously punitive. People have complained online that they're getting the kind of vague or surly "customer service" that is a sure sign of a company on its way down. Watch it plummet.

debt debt debt

ETrade will continue to struggle as it has made some poort investments over the years. The brokerge will be profitable and keep it afloat, but the stock price will not improve much any time soon.

Looking at a long term comeback for Etrade, but suspecting a bad couple of weeks after continued freefall.

Based on there financials and strong ownership, I just have a good feeling about Etrade. They sold off there Mortgages which hurt them. However they have been able to re-establish themselves without a total loss and continue to grow and provide transparent

too many online brokerages have lower trade costs

Etrade is tecnically insolvent by looking at financials. Due to the amount of short term debt due this year, and the low levels of liquidity at this firm I don't know how they stay in business short of assets sales if there is anyone even interested in buying them. This is what I call a value trap. The thing to watch out for are for the remaining customers to flee with their money to the competitors. Buy this at your own risk.

heavy put volume on optionsmonster.com. financials still have room to go down.

Won't recover until this housing market does.

ETFC has been hit hard, but it has only begun. They gave things away in the face of scrutiny and tough times. They are simply a customer-base waiting to be acquired.

SOOO CHEAP - will probably get bought by year end

Please

if company goes bankrupt, investors lose everything, first paid in bankruptcy, in the following order taxes, lawyers, loans (citadel at least some of their loans), any pennies left or fractions of a penny to stock holders.

Bad sign when a finacial group has rumors of crackdown
It's inside subrprime problems so is in twist going down

I think Etrade is underpricied and after the first quarter, you will see this ticker start to move.