E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:ETFC)

Good entry point.

Dog of a stock that has been in the doldrums for years. Will continue to underperform the market for at least another year.

Cash is king for a while, then folks realize that investing in stocks, etfs, etc. actually has a reasonable chance of creating returns that beat inflation. E*Trades trading transactions revenue will grow as a result.

I like etrade an actually use them in real life. I might put a little something into them.

I think that deciding not to sell itself off was a fantastic and bold idea. Most of the ETFC's considerable problems are behind it, it's trudging through the muck and returning to the black, and it's been pummeled to a point that it's become undervalued. A long bet from here as the economy improves and they it continues to post write downs.

"When trade times are measured in microseconds, but business value is generated over years, there's a very real potential for a huge gap to open between a stock's price and a company's value. It's by looking for and exploiting those gaps -- and then waiting for the short-sighted computers to catch up with the long term reality -- that you have an edge over today's high tech traders.

One straightforward way to find such opportunities is to look for profitable companies that the market has discarded as being worth more dead than alive..."

(Excerpt from a draft CAPScall article with estimated publication date of 29-DEC-2011)

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E*Trade has much to offer. Comparing it to "similar" sites, its costs to customers are in the mid to low range. They are not the least expensive because they offer tools a true investor needs to evaluate a company they are considering buying. More and more people are going to turn to online trading. My son makes his first buy this week (although he is not as young as the little gent in the commercials!)

As the world market increases people will start purchasing more stocks.

Trading volumes have skyrocketed in conjunction with recent market volatility. Mortgage liabilities are being managed. Firm is a good buy out candidate in the near to medium term.

This company is actually making money now.

Rumor of merger may just happen this time.

This recent jump will falter

Just a bad stock I bought in 2008 for $3 (before share price x10 stock divide by ten) just a bad stock with nowhere to go but down, also TONS of competition. I think the stock is bad but I like there services, (I use their account).

Just rolled out the beta discussion/data database from "Cake Financial" acquisition...this is a game changer in my opinion. You should check it out.

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Resolving issue with mortgages, and the company should be growing revenues in 2011 and 2012.

E-trade is one of the more expensive online brokers. People who are interested in investing want to make good use of their investment dollars, and high transaction fees don't qualify!

Best trading platform in the market. Current stock price is quite low, knocked down by costs associated with Etrade's disasterous foray into mortgage lending.