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Opinion on TD Ameritrade Holding Corp (AMTD) Sector: Financial > Industry: Investment Services
Bearish on AMTD ...

Oct 11, 2006 07:33 PM UTC

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May Day was gut wrenching for the brokerage business. The onslaught of free commission trading thanks to Web start ups like Zecco and now BankAmerica, spells TROUBLE for these commission junkies. Commissions per customer have been declining for years. This makes things muchworse. Now they are all scrambling rethinking how they do business. This is the stock that I would be avoiding.

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AMTD: This call was made on 10/11/06 @ $16.93

Rating:	$16.93 (10/11/06)
Closed:	02/16/2007 @ $17.09 (-0.95% in 128 days)

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Opinion on TD Ameritrade Holding Corp (AMTD) Sector: Financial > Industry: Investment Services Bearish on AMTD ...

Opinion on TD Ameritrade Holding Corp (AMTD) Sector: Financial > Industry: Investment Services
Bearish on AMTD ...