Is There A Brokerage Stock That Might Get a Buyout?

Hannah Slater Investors Observer.com

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Earnings season continues this week and, on Tuesday, two stocks that are both part of an industry we like report results. The industry in question is online brokers and, while TD Ameritrade (AMTD) reports before the market opens on Tuesday, E*Trade Financial (EFTC) reports after the close that same day.

I will have two very different trades at the end of this article - one for each company - with a very different profit potential for each position.

The stock market's meteoric rise over the past eight months has caused many investors and traders to come back to the market. Trading volumes declined late last year as a malaise set in and the indices kept getting pushed lower and lower.

Hannah is the lead analyst for Investors Observer’s Quadruple Strategy Portfolio service and author of a weekly Analyst Insights article for subscribers of that service.

Hannah is a no-nonsense, sharp-witted market whiz, and she’s not afraid to take a few risks.  Always striving to outperform others in her field, her Quadruple Strategy Portfolio aims to multiply an initial investment to four times its original size, and she’s had a lot of success with this strategy so far. 

Her weekly Insight articles will give you some clues about what factors she’s weighing as she picks her winning trades.  Hannah likes to thank her readers each week with bonus trade ideas at the end of each installment.  Here’s a case where it literally does pay to pay attention.