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Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements of E*TRADE Financial Corporation (the
“Company”) of our reports dated February 26, 2009 relating to the consolidated financial statements of E*TRADE Financial
Corporation (which report expresses an unqualified opinion on the consolidated financial statements and includes an explanatory
paragraph regarding the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, as of January 1, 2007, and the adoption of Statement of
Financial Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) No. 157, Fair Value Measurement, and SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for
Financial Assets and Liabilities, on January 1, 2008) and the effectiveness of E*TRADE Financial Corporation’s internal control over
financial reporting, appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of E*TRADE Financial Corporation for the year ended
December 31, 2008.
Filed on Form S-3:
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
McLean, Virginia
February 26, 2009
Registration
Statement Nos.:
333-104903, 333-41628, 333-124673, 333-129077, 333-130258, 333-136356, 333-150997, 333-156570
Filed on Form S-4:
Registration
Statement Nos.:
333-91467, 333-62230, 333-117080, 333-129833
Filed on Form S-8:
Registration
Statement Nos.:
333-12503, 333-52631, 333-62333, 333-72149, 333-35068, 333-35074, 333-37892, 333-44608, 333-44610, 333-
54904, 333-56002, 333-113558, 333-91534, 333-125351, 333-81702