Ameritrade Holding News

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During the course of the holiday-shortened session, the security saw roughly 4,200 puts change hands - about five times the stock's average daily put volume, and more than 19 times the number of AMTD calls traded.

A sooner than usual decline in U.S. equity trading volumes is likely to impact fourth-quarter numbers for online brokers such as E*Trade Financial and TD Ameritrade , as well as the performance of specialty firms and exchanges.

TD Ameritrade's new debt offering drew a strong response from institutional investors on Friday.

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Short-term Treasury prices rallied again on Friday, sending yields on 2-year notes to the lowest levels this year, as investors stepped away from riskier assets to lock in profits with an eye already turned toward the end of 2009.

It plans to use the proceeds to retire debt and stagger the maturity of its long-term bonds.

Online retail brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. said Friday that it will sell $1.25 billion in senior unsecured notes in a public offering and use proceeds to retire debt and stagger the maturity of its long-term bonds.

TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation announced today that it has agreed to sell the following in an underwritten public offering: $250 million, 2.950% senior unsecured notes due 2012 $500 million, 4.150% senior unsecured notes due 2014 $500 million, 5.600% senior unsecured notes due 2019 "As a result of our credit rating upgrades to investment grade, ...

Shares of online broker E-Trade Financial Corp. were up more than 4% at the start of Friday's session, amidst heavy talk of a possible takeover bid by TD Ameritrade Holdings Corp.

E*Trade Financial shares finished at their session low Thursday on heavy volume, pulling back in the wake of persistent speculation about the potential for a merger with fellow online broker TD Ameritrade .

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Investors pushed down shares of Hot Topic Inc. Wednesday evening, after the teen retailer issued a weaker-than-anticipated quarterly earnings forecast, while NetApp Inc.

Wells Fargo & Co. on Wednesday agreed to repay customers about $1.4 billion to settle a lawsuit and regulatory investigations alleging the company improperly marketed risky investments as safe.

E-Trade Financial Corp. shares surged late Wednesday after media reports fed speculation that rival online broker TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

Shares of Citigroup Inc. and the broader financial sector traded higher early Monday following reports that hedge-fund manager Paulson & Co.

TD Ameritrade shares edged to a new high Monday after the company reported strong client trading activity for October and got a vote of confidence from Moody's. The stock was up 11 cents to $21.06 in late afternoon trades.

Online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. said Monday its average client trades per day grew 2 percent to 420,000 in October compared with the same month a year ago.

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. said Monday that it saw an average of 420,000 client trades a day in October, a 2% increase over October 2008.

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