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Charles Schwab

Charles Schwab Corporation

The Charles Schwab Corporation (), is an American brokerage and banking company, based in San Francisco, California.

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Big Outflow Shows Turning Point In Appetite For Junk Bonds

Individual investors' love affair with junk bonds appears to be on the rocks.

High-yield bond funds saw their fourth-largest redemptions on record in the latest week, professional investors have increasingly bearish positions on some of the funds and plans for new bond sales have been pulled.The net outflow of $2.46 billion from high-yield mutual funds and exchange-traded funds contributed to the first weekly outflow for the entire taxable bond fund universe since mid-December, according to Thomson Reuters-owned Lipper.It was also the biggest weekly withdrawal from junk-bond funds since August--despite being only the third outflow in the last 25 weeks, a stretch that saw $25.8 billion flow into the funds.That is a marked shift in sentiment from earlier in the year, when a rally driven by optimism over Europe lifted all boats--even scrap in the junkyard--making high-yield bonds a magnet for investors' cash."Lately, a combination of pressures from Europe and questions about growth global...

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  1. Court Throws Out Finra Suit Against Charles Schwab

    A federal court threw out a financial-sector watchdog's complaint against Charles Schwab Corp. (SCHW), ruling that the industry's self-regulator failed to exhaust it...

  2. How to Ponzi-Proof Your Portfolio

    Wall Financial Group CEO Michael Wall on how to protect yourself from investing in a Ponzi scheme.

  3. Facebook's IPO: Is it only for the big time investors?

    Who can buy shares in facebook's IPO? Shibani Joshi and Larry Fishelson explain

  4. B. Of A., Schwab Lead Financials Lower

    Shares of U.S. financial stocks fell on Tuesday with the leading decliners including Bank of America Corp. and Charles Schwab Corp. . Bank of America said on Tuesday...

  5. Three Common Mistakes of First-Time Investors

    Before you jump into the markets, take the time to learn from the missteps of novice investors. Here are three common first-time investing mistakes. Not having a pla...

  6. Weak Stock Volume, Low Volatility Weighed On Bank Trading In 1Q

    To all the dramatic changes in stock trading over the last decade that have eroded one of the cornerstone businesses of Wall Street banks, add yet another from the f...

  7. SEC Options Cases Highlight CBOE Regulation

    (This article was originally published Thursday.)CHICAGO -(Dow Jones)- The Chicago Board Options Exchange, which is facing a Securities and Exchange Commission inves...

  8. SEC Discloses New Charges On OptionsXpress, Former CFO

    The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday accused optionsXpress, a former officer and an optionXpress subsidiary dealer of violating registration requiremen...

  9. Risk Rally Extends To Corporate Bonds

    Corporate bonds are making a bit of a comeback following a weak and volatile beginning to the second quarter.The CDX North America Investment-Grade Index, a proxy fo...

  10. TD Ameritrade 2Q Net Down 20% As Trading Stalls

    TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.'s (AMTD) fiscal second-quarter profit plunged 20% from a year ago on lower trading revenue as executives said retail investors remain on ...

  11. SEC Charges OptionsXpress In Naked Short Selling Scheme

    The Securities and Exchange Commission charged online brokerage optionsXpress on Monday, as well as four of the firm's present and former officials and a customer, i...

  12. SEC Charges OptionsXpress Over Naked Short Selling

    Online brokerage optionsXpress and five individuals were charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday with involvement in a so-called naked short...

  1. Report: Market Makers Have Lost at Least $100M on Facebook

    Claims by four of Wall Street's main market makers against Nasdaq over Facebook's botched IPO are likely to exceed $100 million, as they and other traders continue t...

  2. Massachusetts Subpoenas Morgan Stanley for Facebook

    Massachusetts Secretary of Commonwealth William Galvin has issued a subpoena to Morgan Stanley over an analyst's discussions with investors on Facebook"The Securitie...

  3. How to Vet That Investment Adviser

    The Securities and Exchange Commission is taking its own sweet time coming up with a rule that would make all investment advisers put their clients' interest first.A...

  4. How Much Does Greece Really Impact U.S. Markets, Economy?

    Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Sonders on the impact of Greece on Europe and the U.S.

  5. Online Brokers TradeKing, Zecco To Merge

    Online brokerage firms TradeKing Group and Zecco Holdings announced their merger on Tuesday, a tie-up meant to lure trades from larger rivals.The deal would consolid...

  6. Charles Schwab Activity Ramps Up in April

    Charles Schwab (NASDAQ:SCHW) reported on Monday a year-over-year increase in average trades and total client assets for April, but saw a 90% drop in net new assets s...

  7. Court Dismisses Charles Schwab Challenge Against Finra

    A federal court threw out Charles Schwab Corp.'s (SCHW) challenge against the financial industry's self-regulator, ruling the discount brokerage failed to exhaust it...

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