Schwab faces fresh risks in the zero-fee world
Schwab's stock plunged 33% in March, in its worst month since 1987, and investors will be looking for signs of the firm's longer-term prognosis when it reports Q1 earnings Monday.
Charles Schwab Corp. stunned Wall Street in 2019 by slashing trading commissions to zero, forcing its competitors to adapt. The move amounted to a big bet that its bank — rather than its well-known discount brokerage — would keep driving profits.
For a while, it worked to perfection. The pand
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