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Buyout Talk Boosts Ameritrade

Stock quotes in this article: AMTD , SCHW , ETFC  

Is TD Ameritrade (AMTD Quote) an acquisition target?

Shares of the online broker have jumped 25% since the end of the first quarter as a merger-and-acquisition wave led by private equity has lifted U.S. stock markets to record highs.

Bulls on the online brokerage stocks expect the market rally to draw individual investors back into the market. The hope is that a rising market could revive sagging online trading volumes at Ameritrade, E*Trade Financial(ETFC Quote) and Charles Schwab(SCHW Quote). TheStreet.com's Steve Smith recently broached this notion in discussing second-quarter earnings prospects for the group. ...

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