after this cash infusion everyone will jump on the E*trade wagon and
buy like crazy tommorow. i am predicting around a dollar increase. In
the long run this company is going to last. yes.. the debt is high but
as they have stated before they are well capitalized and can remain
well capitalized even with an immediate 1 billion write down.

Bad deal for shareholders. It is a toxic debt for E Trade. Its Balance
Sheet is now worse than before.
http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/nov2007/pi20071129_37924...

yep I agree..1 billion is alot. They can handle it and I believe they
will recover. actually it is 1 bill+. Man that is alot of money.

it jumped 20% but lost it

Fast Money Najarian... Long Etrade took position today.

Massive trading after hours.
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/ExtendedTradingTrades.aspx?page=aft...

Bernanke hinted of further rate cuts according to cnbc.com.

:-)

TD or Schwab definitely gonna buy ETFC at a minimum of $10/share in a
next couple of weeks. I strongly believe its a great chance to double
your worth. Even if its not bought, it definitely deserves at least $7/
share. In any case, its not going to loose further. Clearly a WIN-WIN
situation.

If it rallies tomorrow, I'm buying puts. A Fed rate cut may help Citi,
but it ain't gonna help ETrade. $1.75 billion debt @ 12.5% interest.
You do the math.

There is money to cover the debt between the money that etrade
currently has and the invested money today.
ETrade has fewer assets than other companies (such as manufacturing
companies), which also foresees not wasting major money trying to
recover.
Previous companies currently in existance were under chapter 11
(initial step to bankrupcy). This company did not declare bankrupcy
and there is a big chance that there will be a total recover.
Sometimes the balance sheet, interest rates, and financial statements
do not play a crucial role on the future status of a company.
Moreover, the news could drive the stock of a company up or down with
a few sentences. What really needs to be done on YOUR part is to
decide whether E*Trade's stock value is worth it or not, and now state
to yourself whether it is worth to invest $5.00/stock in this company
or not. At the end you are the only one who is going to purchase the
stocks.

What happens to the stocks at the time of a merge or buyout? Simple!
Shares do not dissapear. The stock is either:
1. Money is given to the shareholders as per the ending value of the
stock.
2. The new company removes the old shares, re-evalues the E Trade
shares, and every shareholder will have EQUIVALENT shares from the new
company.

In case someone asks me for the statetement I would say PURCHASE is a
must for this company.

I am sorry, but 3M after trading is not that much.... it's barely 2%
of daily trading it took today... am I missing something here???

monday will be a blood bath on etrade stock - sell

Stephen is a moronic short seller of this stock and also a psychic in
case you did not know

no basis for that comment this one will ride within its limits till
any news either neg or pos

It'll ride, but it's limits are ±15 any given day. ;)

Well, it made most active list and a 4.98% gain

http://dynamic.nasdaq.com/dynamic/afterhourma.stm

this stock normally does 55M
Today 245.51M
"am I missing something here??? "

Does this board normally have this much activity...??

Obviously, something is driving the interest ... good or bad only time
will tell.

perhaps lots of shorts and covering?

what do you guys think of benny's speech?

I think E-Trade has great branding and will persevere. Worst case
scenario they get bought out at 8 bucks a share.

I am beginning to think it may not be 8$ anymore, maybe 6 - 6.50 .

E*Trade is fine. If you have any proof it's not. Post below. (thats
what I thought)

Even if a buyout doesnt happen in the near short term and in a couple
of quarters, ETrade starts gaining financial health, I feel Schwab and
TD would fight for Etrade like Garmin and Tom Tom fought for Tele
Atlas...

 A very crazy expectation though... but who ever is buying ETFC will
have a severe competitive edge over the others.

I think it's $12 in the short term and $20 in a few months if it's a
rational market

any analyst with ur guess? or just raw guess??

seshukumar, aren't you a big fan of craig david? I used to watch your
youtube videos. LOL, what a coincidence!

come on michael... there might be a zillion seshukumars on this
earth :) ... i am definitely not the one whom you might have seen on
you tube videos...

"A parade of other potential bidders visited E*Trade's "data room" to
go over its books, and the bank's management team held 146 meetings
with the interested parties. Charles Schwab Corp., Fidelity
Investments, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank AG and private-equity firms
TPG and Blackstone Group all made inquiries."

Only a handfull were making serious offers, hand full to me usually
five but could be 3

On DEC 11 I predict interest rate to be consistent cut of .25 basis
points until there is some confidence in ben and his team that the
economy is doing well.