Online Investing & Trading Ideas

Valuable research to match your investment strategy

TD AMERITRADE offers online investing and trading ideas to match your investment strategy. Including valuable research from third-party industry leaders, you get the information you need to create and implement your trading or investing strategy.
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Trade Ideas

Read market highlights and analysis from well-respected third parties to gain insight into stocks that may potentially fit your trading strategy. You'll also have convenient access to charts and other background information on those stocks and can then easily buy or sell them directly through TD AMERITRADE.

ResearchTeam Company Reports

There is strength in numbers. ResearchTeam uses algorithmic theory to consolidate expert recommendations from 5 highly-valued third-party research providers and then issues a single consolidated ranking. So you're not relying on just one provider's recommendation, but the inherent strengths of the entire team.

Take advantage of:
  • Consolidated research on 5,000 stocks with historical accuracy ratings, so you can tell how well ResearchTeam's Algorithmic Ratings have performed in the past.
  • Access to Upgrade and Downgrade reports, as well as recent ratings changes.
  • And it's free to TD AMERITRADE Clients

Minyanville's Buzz & Banter™

Receive 24/7 access to this real-time, online forum. Tap into the expertise of some of Wall Street's top minds ... as well as the experience of real Main Street Investors and traders on the Market Forum.

  • Investing insight
  • Timely market news
  • Product opinions and investment ideas
  • Real-life investor experiences

S&P® Columns

Gain access to informative, in-depth articles on current market news and analysis to help you spot and seize potential opportunities and create your own investment plan. Columns by Standard & Poor's include:
  • Market Movers
  • Word on the Street
  • S&P Focus Stock of the Week
  • S&P Stock Picks & Pans
  • Arbeter's Technical Market Insight

S&P Portfolios

Get comprehensive research and recommendations on companies, industries, funds and bonds to help you make more informed investing decisions. Portfolios include:
  • STARS Portfolios — Standard & Poor's proprietary Stock Appreciation Ranking System (STARS) evaluates immediate investment potential of the stock it covers, with emphasis on the timing of investment decisions.
  • S&P Platinum Portfolio — This portfolio combines the top-rated stocks from Standard & Poor's Fair Value Portfolio and STARS.
  • S&P Trader's Platinum Portfolio — Designed for the active market participant, this portfolio seeks to improve on the performance of the Platinum Portfolio by actively issuing buy and sell calls for each equity based on technical indicators.
  • S&P Fair Value Portfolio — This proprietary quantitative model seeks to outperform the market by buying undervalued stocks and selling them when they reach maximum price appreciation.

Market Edge®

Whether you are an experienced investor or just starting out, you'll get timely information and technical analysis of the markets.
  • Second Opinion® Weekly — Presents 45 quantitative and technical factors in a simple and easy-to-read report and provides a weekly comment and recommendation.
  • On the Edge — Gives you in-depth, technical market commentary to help you evaluate trading strategies for different market conditions.

Market Huddles — LIVE weekly webcasts

We've teamed up with third-party industry leaders to give you a head start on the trading week. The Market Huddle is a live weekly webcast that kicks off with a discussion on market trends and events, a look at the stocks that third-party market analysts consider worth watching and tips for using the TD AMERITRADE online trading tools to help put your ideas to work.
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Market volatility, volume and system availability may delay account access and trade executions.

Apex qualification is based on an average of five trades per month over a three-month period, or a $100,000 total account value. Apex membership may also be granted on a free trial basis. Qualification is reviewed every three months.

Buzz & Banter™ and the Market Forum are services provided by Minyanville Publishing and Multimedia, LLC. TD AMERITRADE, Inc. and Minyanville Publishing and Multimedia, LLC are separate, unaffiliated companies and are not responsible for each other's products or services.

Webcasts are provided for general information purposes only and should not be considered an individualized recommendation or advice. While deemed reliable, TD AMERITRADE makes no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of information provided.