The average account balance for all plan participants using self-directed brokerage accounts with Schwab ended 2019 with a 19% increase year-over-year and a 6% increase from the third quarter of 2019, ...

American IRA opened the post by explaining the fundamentals of using a Self-Directed IRA brokerage account. “While many people associate Self-Directed IRAs with Gold IRAs or Real Estate IRAs, there’s ...

Your 401(k) likely offers a short list of core mutual funds and target-date options. What many Tampa savers miss is the hidden brokerage window—a self-directed sub-account that unlocks thousands of ...

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Charles Schwab’s self-directed brokerage account participants had the largest portion of assets, 35.7%, invested in individual equities as of Dec. 31, based on aggregate data collected by Charles ...

The value of financial advisors is shown in a Charles Schwab study of self-directed brokerage accounts in retirement plans released Tuesday. Retirement savers who use an advisor to help them with ...

There was an average of 10.8 positions, excluding cash, per Schwab Personal Choice Retirement Account, its self-directed brokerage offering. Equities accounted for more than half, 6.3, followed by 2.3 ...

Traditional IRAs and brokerage accounts are two types of investment vehicles. While IRAs help investors save for retirement ...

It’s a common scenario for financial advisors: A client for whom you are managing a standalone brokerage account asks if you can also help them select and manage investments for their ...

The employee chooses from a limited menu of investment options and, as long as the account continues a generally upward trajectory, the average investor has no reason to question their investment ...

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