Exhibit 24




                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Arlen W. Gelbard, Cynthia Bock and Mischa Travers, and each of
them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

        (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
        capacity as an officer and/or director of E*TRADE Financial Corporation
        (the "Company"), any and all Form 3, 4 and 5 reports required to be
        filed by the undersigned in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
        Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

        (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
        which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
        Form 3, 4 or 5 report and timely file such report with the United States
        Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
        authority; and

        (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
        foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
        benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
        undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
        attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned, pursuant to this Power of
        Attorney, shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
        conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that no such attorney-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is hereby assuming, nor is
the Company hereby assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Form 3, 4 and 5 reports with respect
to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 8th day of May, 2007.

                                        /s/ Michael K. Parks
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                                        Michael K. Parks
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