*Calls outpace puts in ETFs tracking Japan equities, yen. *Call buying active in Japan EWJ ETF Jan 2014 $13 strike. "Any ETF with the word' Japan' in it saw a large gap open this morning," said Steve Place, a founder of options analytics firm investingwithoptions in Mobile Alabama.
TORONTO, April 3- Toronto-Dominion Bank Chief Executive Officer Ed Clark plans to retire in late 2014, and Bharat Masrani, group head of U.S. personal and commercial banking, will succeed him, the bank said on Wednesday.
"Payment for order flow is on an uphill climb, and in these markets, there has to be questions about how those conflicts are being reined in," said Chris Nagy, president of consulting firm KOR Trading LLC and former head of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp's order routing operations. "
NEW YORK, March 6- The Dow hit another intraday record high on Wednesday on signs of improvement in the U.S. labor market, but the broader market was little changed as investors became cautious that the rally may soon run its course. "There is still a lot more cash to be put into equities," said JJ Kinahan, chief derivatives strategist at TD Ameritrade, in Chicago.
NEW YORK, March 6- The Dow set another intraday record high on Wednesday on signs of improvement in the U.S. labor market, but trimmed its gains at midday as the broader market fell on investors' caution that the rally may soon run its course. "There is still a lot more cash to be put into equities," said JJ Kinahan, chief derivatives strategist at TD Ameritrade, in Chicago.
TORONTO, March 5- Strong wealth management returns boosted profits at Canada's big banks in the first quarter of 2013 as healthy gains in global stock markets drove investors back into the market and powered the fees lenders charge for advice and trading.
NEW YORK, March 5- Retail investors' renewed interest in stocks this year continued in February, according to comments from officials at TD Ameritrade Holding Corp and E* Trade Financial Corp..
*Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto- Dominion boost dividends. TORONTO, Feb 28- Three of Canada's top banks posted stronger-than-expected quarterly profits on Thursday as they relied on lower loan-loss provisions, cost-cutting, and stronger international revenue to offset slower growth in domestic consumer lending.
TORONTO, Feb 28- Toronto-Dominion Bank reported a stronger-than-expected 21 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, driven by lower loan losses and lending growth at its retail banks, and raised its dividend by 5 percent. The bank, Canada's second largest, earned C $1.79 billion, or C $1.86 a share, in the first quarter ended on Jan. 31.
TORONTO, Feb 28- Toronto-Dominion Bank reported a 21 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, driven by loan growth at its Canadian and U.S. retail banks and allowing it to raise its dividend by 5 percent. The bank, Canada's second-largest, earned C $1.79 billion, or C $1.86 a share, in the first quarter ended on Jan 31.
*Client assets at Schwab reach a record $2.01 trillion. NEW YORK, Feb 14- Clients of Charles Schwab Corp. ramped up trading in January as the big retail brokerage firm on Thursday reported an 8 percent increase in average daily trades from a year earlier and 5 percent higher than in December.
In an effort to make his point that it can be done, Obama mentioned Apple Inc, whose chief executive, Tim Cook, attended the speech, and which has already pledged to move some Mac computer manufacturing back to the United States from China.
NEW YORK, Feb 7- Charles Schwab Corp is waiving transaction fees on exchange-traded funds, the online brokerage said on Thursday, applying the formula it used to sell mutual funds to the masses to increasingly popular ETFs. Schwab ended 2012 with $223.2 billion of client money in its OneSource no-fee mutual fund platform, which includes over 4,000 funds.