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...with rivals now offering a similar flat-rate policy - and at a lower rate - TD Ameritrade is likely feeling pressure to at least match its competitors' rates to maintain market share. "If TD Ameritrade starts to lose customers because of [pricing], obviously there's going to be some sensitivity to lowering their commission rates," says Joel Jeffrey, a vice president and analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods...
...squeeze is already on at some firms. Schwab's lower commission announced in January, for example, will reduce revenue by $15 million to $20 million in the first quarter, and cut earnings by about 4 cents a share, or about 6%, in full year 2010, according to Richard Repetto, an analyst at Sandler O'Neill. Repetto estimates the company would need to see a 30% increase in daily average revenue trades to offset the lower pricing...
...TRADE's lower pricing will reduce retail brokerage earnings by about 10% and overall earnings by 1 cent a share in fiscal 2011, according to Hecht...
...Ameritrade, every $1 that's trimmed from commission rates will lower the company's 2011 earnings by 7 cents a share, or about 5%, estimates Matt Fischer, an analyst at Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. However, this decline could be offset by an increase in business and market share...
...credence. Military analyst Masood suggests that the U.S. State and Defense officials who are constantly shuttling to Islamabad should offer the military assurance that Washington has no intention of meddling with their nuclear arsenal or with their defenses against rival neighbor India. "The Americans have to take measures that lower the paranoia. They have to persuade the army that the U.S. is not after Pakistan's nukes," he says. Given the fever pitch of suspicion that Pakistanis feel toward the U.S. these days, that may take a lot of persuasion...