Charles Schwab (SCHW)

Add a New Bears Reason Company: Charles Schwab (SCHW) Current price: Headline: (100 character max) Analysis: Cancel 50% agree 4 votes edit Schwab YieldPlus Bond funds decline approx 25% Top Contributor: Parker Conrad | Created when NASDAQ:SCHW was $18.20 | Edit | History Assets under management in 2 share classes of YieldPlus bond funds was approx 12.5 billion. Now fund assets are at approx $1.5 billion. This means EPS will be lower approx $0.03 cents per share or $39M total lost revenue with loss management fee of 0.30% on the funds. These losses do not include any loss reserves needed to offset shareholder lawsuits which are underway. (100 character max) Cancel 50% agree 2 votes edit Commission price wars eat into Shwab's business Created when NASDAQ:SCHW was $20.65 | Edit | History Bank of America (BAC) and Wells Fargo (WFC) have added serious fuel to the commission price wars by offering free trades to many of its clients. Bank of America alone has banking relationships with 50% of all U.S. households. (100 character max) Cancel 0% agree 1 votes edit Schwab's strong performance may not be sustainable Created when NASDAQ:SCHW was $20.65 | Edit | History Schwab’s strong performance in growing its asset base may not be sustainable, as its assets grew as a function of astrong market environment and heavy advertising of its products. (100 character max) Cancel

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