TD earns less from Schwab

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TD BANK, $81.53, is a #1 Buy for 2024. The lender (Toronto symbol TD; Shares o/s: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $143.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.9%; www.td.com) merged its 43%-owned U.S. online brokerage firm TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. with rival Charles Schwab in October 2020. TD now owns 12.0% of the combined firm. The bank expects Schwab will contribute $225 million (Canadian) to its earnings in the quarter, ending July 31, 2024. That’s down 1.3% from $228 million a year earlier. Even so, Schwab continues to attract new users: new brokerage accounts in the latest quarter rose to 985,000 from 960,000 a year earlier. It also plans to channel more funds from depositors to third-party banks like TD, which would help cut its risk. TD Bank is a #1 Buy for 2024. 2024…