Seeking Alpha Now Carried On E*Trade

We're very pleased to announce that E*Trade now carries Seeking Alpha headlines on its stock and research pages, for both its clients and public access. Here's a screenshot - click to enlarge:

Try it yourself by getting a quote from the E*Trade homepage. E*Trade thereby joins other Seeking Alpha partners - such as Yahoo Finance, Reuters and Barron's Online - in recognizing that alongside traditional news, today's investors want to read what other serious investors and sector experts have to say about a given stock or ETF that they follow or own.

Here's E*Trade's press release on its addition of Seeking Alpha, which is part of a larger upgrade of services and resources for E*Trade's clients.

We're thrilled to open this new channel of distribution for our contributors. And thanks to all of our readers and contributors for making Seeking Alpha the must-read investment site we have become.

Comments

[danblue]

Etrade will announce a new CEO by weeks end according to my source within Etrade. The source says that Etrade announced previously that they would announce a new CEo by end of Feb. Two day's ago in an Email they said that they are still on track to report out.

[danblue]

Also I was very pleased to see Credit Suisse take an almost 3% stake in Etrade. Their previous report dated feb 12, gave Etrade a 12 month price target of $2.50 but 8 days later Credit Suisse paid over $5 a share. Good sign, maybe this is a sign of a new beginning.

[prescient11]

Mr. Weinstein, congratulations on your recent recognition. Except for Mr. Shinnick's recent piece, Seeking Alpha has been one of the only reliable sources for accurate and unbiased information related to Etrade stock. It's nice to see your site get the recognition it deserves and it is good to see that Etrade has recognized your site's contribution to many other company analyses. Time and again Seeking Alpha is one of the only good sources of in-depth due diligence for the retail investor. I rely on it often. Thanks for sticking up for the little guy.

I do hope your site continues to do its good investigative pieces on Etrade stock as well. I think many are going to be surprised to find out what a turn around story is happening with Etrade. For all of the noise, Etrade customers are among the most loyal around -- Etrade has shown amazing customer retention through this rough patch. Now, the company likely will win back customers and continue to survive and thrive with its superior platform and competitive nature.

It is quite fitting that two renegades, if you will, in the online arena have recognized each other. Etrade has questioned the established Wall Street broker model and Seeking Alpha has taken over the role of the traditional "analyst" in terms of both factual research and analysis. Congrats and best regards.

[omooc]

I noticed SA entries on ET screen a couple of days ago. However, in order to access SA entries, one has to lead ET screen (meaning from secured to unsecured). Perhaps this point could be improved.

[daffy]

I like the comments as much as the articles. Being new at this whole stock trading thing, I sometimes wonder who really works for Seeking Alpha since there seems to be a lot of people here writing articles. I am curious, does SA have it's regular writers and then some freelance writers who submit articles for SA to peruse and possibly publish? Just curious, and it will have no impact on whether I use SA or not, but just might help me decide what to ponder, what to pander, and what to believe.

Thanks SA, I have been reading your articles since starting with eTrade. Has anybody tried to get a 1st mortgage through eTrade? If you have, and if you have an opinion, I would like to know how you would rate the availablity of credit from eTrade vs. your previous lender.

That's all folks. And thanks to all the commentors, your opinions are read and appreciated.

[Alpha Seeker]

Seeking Alpha are my boyz. However, E-Trade has been failing its customers and failing to really define what the heck they stand for all these years. The company did backwards Russian equillibristics only to come up with some credit-laden news and blow every respected shareholder out of the water. Count the days before E-trade gets bought out at a really cheap price by some fat-necked Wall Street brokererage. The message was simple in the beginning: Innovate, make it simple and cut costs. E-Trade did not match any of it lately.

Rob, WallastonInvestments.c...

[CrossProfit]

daffy,

The SA format is simple. Go to the homepage. The 'news' column is done by SA salaried employees. The 'opinion & analysis' column are articles that are written by non affiliated authors.

For 'opinion & analysis', SA editors work in two modes. First is the 'active draw mode'. In this mode, SA editors enter approximately 50 predetermined sites on a daily basis and draw articles from the site (article aggregation). Second mode is submission mode, where approximately 400+ authors submit articles for publication.

To better the chances of publication, authors have noticed that if they take an opposing view to a recently published article on SA, they have a better chance of getting published. SA loves to pitch all sides of an argument. Likewise, you can submit a well written and documented article and you may not get published if the editors feel that the article does not add anything new to what has already been published. The quality of the writing is second fiddle to the thought process and insight. Remember, SA is not competing with MarketWatch or AP and is not a 'breaking news' service per se.

As for comments, SA never deletes comments based on opinion. You can write the most wacky opinion, as long as it is non derogatory it will stay. Even some personal attacks on authors are left 'as is' as long as the commentator is making a valid argument along with the 'anger attack'.

Anyone can post a comment as long as they register, thus reducing spam.

CrossProfit is not affiliated with SA and we submit articles for publication. To date, about 10% (perhaps 15%) of articles submitted were rejected, sometimes flat out and other times on a re-write basis.

If you need more info, e-mail SA.

SA editors,
Please correct any inaccurate info in this comment.

CrossProfit

[danblue]

I'm real dissappointed in Etrades lack of feedback on its mortgage side of the business. How many additional defaults and do they have enough people paying to negate the people not paying?

I want to see more info that helps the share value achieve price stability. The more communication the better the shareholders and customers will feel about Etrades brand image.

I would love to see Etrade sold as long as I could keep my shares this may help increase the stock stability and shareholder confidence.

[jbmaria]

You think it's a coincidence 10 positive articles have shown up on Seeking Alfalfa since ETFC decided to carry SA as news???

Is someone getting paid to pump-inquiring minds want to know???

[User 5513]

Congrats Mick. You're doing an A+ job with the site!