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Buy - Price 12.78 on Feb. 12
by Merriman Curhan Ford

We believe the recent pullback in share price present[s] attractive valuation; near-term catalysts include: strong January metrics, upside to 4Q07 results...and [market-]expansion. Currently, SWIM trades at 9 times enterprise-value/Ebitda FY08, with projected Ebitda growth of 26%. We believe margin expansion and acceleration in Ebitda...should lead to an expansion of valuation multiples, pushing SWIM to 20 to 24 over the next six to 12 months. Market-cap: $876 million.

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My son works there. Still does.
First job out of college.

know so many people buying product. Good earnings. Good growth

Business model founded upon ripping people off and hype via info-mercials. This alone should make you stay away from the stock. Mix in a management team thats clueless, and you have a recipe for disaster. Supposedly, the retail brokerage segment, Think or Swim, won an award from Barron's, but this means absolutely nothing to me.