E TRADE Financial Corp (ETFC)

[suzyHomemaker]

Great news this morning!

Missed it following the AIG mess.

Remember: AMTD DARTS were down for the same period. This is very good news folks.

E*TRADE FINANCIAL Corporation Reports Monthly Activity for August 2008
BusinessWire
8:05 AM ET
E*TRADE FINANCIAL Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) today released its Monthly Activity Report for August. The Company's total retail customer assets grew $1.3 billion from July to total $163.5 billion. Total Daily Average Revenue Trades ("DARTs") decreased 17 percent sequentially to 151,722. Net new retail accounts were 16,210.

"We are pleased to see strong growth in new accounts continue through a seasonally slow August," said Donald H. Layton, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, E*TRADE FINANCIAL Corporation. "Our retail franchise continued its forward momentum as we grew retail customer assets and set yet another record for total retail accounts."