Online brokerage TD Ameritrade says its fiscal first-quarter profit declined 3 percent, as trading slowed because of uncertainty over U.S. fiscal policy last fall.

The Omaha-based company says net income slipped to $147 million, or 27 cents per share, in the quarter that ended Dec. 31. That’s down from $152 million net income, or 27 cents per share, in the year-earlier period.