Etrade under $4 is a buy in my opinion, I think the company would be bought out before that rumor of them going bankrupt. AMTD was thinking about buying them out months ago, under $4 I dont see why AMTD would not want the brokerage business, there are millions of accounts.
If all of these mortgages blow up the entire ETFC business and it drives them to bankruptcy, then someone can scoop up the valuable online brokerage assets. Buying the entire ETFC now would be buying all of the toxic mortgages they have. I would wait for the mortgage mess to clear up before I would consider putting serious money in ETFC.
I don't see any reason for them to go bankrupt. They are simply writing off the value of the loans they have.
Im sure they would be bought out before bankruptcy would even be mentioned. Will be buying soon under $4.00
Nice pre-market action and bounce from yesterday. If I see this drop below 3.50, I may go in long for a quick trade.