TD profits with Schwab

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TD BANK, $94.24, (Toronto symbol TD; Shares o/s: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $169.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Div. yield: 3.8%; www.td.com) is a buy. The bank merged its 43%-owned U.S. online brokerage firm TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (Nasdaq symbol AMTD) with rival Charles Schwab Corp. (New York symbol SCHW) in October 2020. TD now owns 13.39% of the combined firm and controls 9.9% of its votes. Schwab investors own about 69%, with other TD Ameritrade investors holding the remaining 18%. TD’s stake is now worth $17.85 billion U.S. The bank expects Schwab will contribute $248 million (Cdn.) to its earnings for the quarter ending April 30, 2022. To put that in context, TD earned $3.83 billion, or $2.08 a share, in the quarter ended January 31, 2022. TD Bank is a buy. buy…