Charles Schwab is a financial services company that provides a range of investment and banking solutions aimed at individual investors and institutional clients. The firm specializes in brokerage services, investment advisory, and wealth management, offering customers access to trading platforms, retirement accounts, and various investment products such as stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. In addition to its brokerage services, Charles Schwab also offers banking services, including checking and savings accounts, and promotes financial education to help clients make informed investment decisions. The company's commitment to low-cost investing and enhancing customer experience has positioned it as a prominent player in the financial services industry. Read More
Charles Schwab celebrates more than a decade of its annual signature skills-based volunteer program, which empowers employees to share their professional expertise with local nonprofits and small businesses. Since its launch, the initiative has grown into Schwab’s cornerstone skills-based community effort, surpassing $4 million in pro bono community investments.
As of November 11, 2025, the United States federal government is poised to emerge from its longest shutdown in history, a 42-day impasse that has cast a long shadow over the nation's economy and its financial markets. A bipartisan funding package, successfully navigating the Senate with a 60-40 vote on
New York, NY – November 11, 2025 – The financial markets are abuzz with the anticipation of further US interest rate cuts, a sentiment that has propelled gold prices to unprecedented highs. This bullish momentum for the yellow metal is largely influenced by a confluence of factors, including signs of a softening
The global financial markets have undergone a profound transformation in recent years, marked by an unprecedented surge in retail investor participation. What began as a trickle of new individual traders has evolved into a powerful torrent, fundamentally reshaping market dynamics and challenging the long-held dominance of institutional players. This phenomenon,
Financial firms serve as the backbone of the economy, providing essential services from lending and investment management to risk management and payment processing. Still, investors are uneasy as companies face challenges from an unpredictable interest rate and inflation environment.
These doubts have certainly contributed to the indutry's recent underperformance - over the past six months, its 5.8% gain has fallen behind the S&P 500's 16.9% rise.
As Veterans Day approaches on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, investors and market participants are reminded of the nuanced holiday schedule observed by the U.S. financial markets. While many federal institutions, including banks and government offices, will close in observance of the holiday, the nation's primary stock exchanges, the New
The Schwab Trading Activity Index™ (STAX) increased to 48.12 in October, up from its score of 46.12 in September. The only index of its kind, the STAX is a proprietary, behavior-based index that analyzes retail investor stock positions and trading activity from Schwab’s millions of client accounts to illuminate what investors were actually doing and how they were positioned in the markets each month.
As Veterans Day approaches on November 11th, many investors are often left wondering whether the nation's financial markets will observe the federal holiday with a day of rest. For the upcoming Veterans Day in 2025, the answer is clear: the stock market, including major exchanges like the New York Stock
November 9, 2025 – The cryptocurrency world is buzzing with anticipation as Dogecoin (DOGE) finds itself at the precipice of a potentially historic price surge, with technical analysis, notably the Elliott Wave theory, pointing towards a target range of $1 to $2. This ambitious forecast is gaining significant traction amidst strategic whale accumulation and the [...]
The financial landscape is currently undergoing a significant transformation, marked by the surging popularity of multi-asset brokers. These platforms, offering a unified gateway to diverse investment instruments—from traditional stocks and commodities to the burgeoning world of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin—are rapidly becoming the new standard for traders seeking convenience,
Nearly half of ETF investors could go all-ETF within five years, Schwab says. Here's how they're building portfolios with funds like ITOT, BND, and XLK.
November 7, 2025 – Bitcoin (BTC) is currently navigating a pivotal phase, hovering around the $100,000 mark after a significant surge that saw it reach an all-time high of over $126,270 on October 6, 2025. This recent price action, characterized by a struggle to maintain the six-figure threshold and periods of sideways trading, has sparked [...]
San Francisco, CA – November 7, 2025 – The financial advisory landscape is undergoing a profound transformation, with Artificial Intelligence emerging as a strategic imperative for Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs). On this day, leaders at Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) underscored AI's critical role, articulating it as both an "external and internal priority." This declaration, [...]
Amid an expanding universe of new investing products, asset classes and strategies, ETFs are playing a dual role in investor portfolios – serving as low-cost building blocks and a flexible entry point for exposure to more specialized areas. According to Schwab Asset Management’s 2025 “ETFs and Beyond” study, most ETF investors (62%) can envision putting their entire investment portfolios into ETFs – with half (50%) saying they could be fully invested in ETFs in the next five years, signaling growing affinity for and reliance on the products to meet a wide range of investing needs. At the same time, many investors are just discovering ETFs. Most ETF investors (66%) responding to Schwab Asset Management’s latest study started investing in ETFs within the past five years.
