TD Ameritrade's Investment Movement Index Rises In December

TD Ameritrade AMTD released its monthly Investment Movement Index on Monday which tracks the buying and selling habits of the firm's more than six million funded accounts. The index inched slightly higher in December to 5.12, up from 5.11 in November. TD Ameritrade customers bought shares of Apple AAPL which was the most widely held stock by the firm's clients. Investors also bought shares of GoPro GPRO, Twitter TWTR, Kinder Morgan KMI, Southwest Airlines LUV and Transocean. RIG Investors were also acquiring dividend-yielding AT&T T and Verizon VZ after shares traded at or near yearly lows. Investors took profits from financial firms including Bank of America BAC and Citigroup. Technology names like Facebook FB, Yahoo! YHOO and Cisco CSCO were net sellers during December.