The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Charles Schwab will soon offer 401(k) retirement plans stuffed solely with exchange-traded mutual funds—and let investors trade them without charge. The WSJ reports that, “Jim McCool, Charles Schwab Corp.’s executive vice president of institutional business, made waves at an asset-management conference in March when he announced that the brokerage Read more…

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You won’t be surprised when I say the U.S. markets are lousy right now. Can you find niches that are performing well? Sure — I often highlight these for you when I see them. But most U.S. stocks Read more…

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Charles Schwab is set to begin trading their “Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF” (NYSE:SCHR) this Thursday August 5th. As with other ETFs this new fund will offer $0 online trading through a Schwab account. The fund’s goal is to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the Read more…

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Charles Schwab is set to begin trading their “Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF” (NYSE:SCHO) this Thursday August 5th. As with other ETFs this new fund will offer $0 online trading through a Schwab account. The fund’s goal is to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price Read more…

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Charles Schwab is set to begin trading their “Schwab U.S. TIPs ETF” (NYSE:SCHP) this Thursday August 5th. As with other ETFs this new fund will offer $0 online trading through a Schwab account. The fund’s goal is to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield Read more…

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With all the media attention focused brokers offering “commission free” trading in specific ETFs, we decided to take a look at what commission free means to institutional and individual investors Read more…

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Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (CSIM) announced today that assets under management in its eight Schwab exchange-traded funds (ETF) exceeded $1 billion on Read more…

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Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (CSIM) has launched its seventh and eighth exchange-traded funds with low operating expense ratios and commission-free online trading in Schwab accounts Read more…

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Schwab will begin trading the Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF (SCHC) this Thursday. As with all Schwab ETFs there will be no trading fees for trades within Schwab accounts. The fund’s goal is to Read more…

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