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...bonds from different shops when you can manage them all under one roof? That's the pitch behind the new, downscale brokerage services of Vanguard, the nation's second largest fund family, best known until now for its index funds. To compete with discount brokers like Fidelity and Charles Schwab, Vanguard last week announced it will lower commissions on stock trades and expand its non-Vanguard offerings. Online trading will also debut by Christmas...
...Stocks remain your best bet for long-term security; that is, for any money you won't need for at least three years. In 50 rolling three-year periods since 1946, the market produced losses only twice--the periods ending in 1974 and 1975, according to the Schwab Center for Investment Research. The average annual return to stocks in the postwar period has been about 11%--far more than for any other financial asset. But as last week reminded us, we do get bear markets. If you'll need the money sooner than three years, it belongs in a bank...
What's more, the bigger the price swings are, the better off you'll be. Mark Riepe, who heads the Charles Schwab Center for Investment Research, is putting the final touches on a new study that looks at extreme price fluctuations. He has found that when the average monthly movement of a stock--up or down--doubles, steady investors enjoy a 7% greater return over just two months. "What really makes it work is that the stock market goes up over time," he says. But even in a market whose average is flat for a time, wilder price gyrations lead...
FOUNDED The conference was inaugurated in 1971 by Klaus Schwab, 60, a German-born business professor and consummate networker, as an intimate gathering at which business leaders could chew over world problems as they rode chairlifts to some of the Alps' finest skiing...
...personal finance and investing version of ESPN Sportzone or CBS Sportsline -- a central hub with monster traffic that's worth money to other marketers. This suddenly seems workable, especially if Softbank's even bigger web investments throw traffic to E*Trade. In related online broker news, Charles Schwab -- the largest service with 1.8 million web accounts -- has unveiled a new site design...