Charles Schwab Corporation

The Charles Schwab Corporation {{nyse|SCH}} is the world's largest discount broker. It now offers the same traditional brokerage services it shunned some 25 years ago. Schwab serves some 7.5 million individual and institutional clients from some 300 offices in the U.S. Traders can access its services via telephone, wireless device, and the Internet. Besides discount brokerage, the firm offers mutual funds, annuities, bond trading, and now mortgages through its Charles Schwab Bank. Other Schwab holdings include U.S. Trust, which provides asset management, and CyberTrader, a direct access broker.

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