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Charles Schwab Investment Management is committed to supporting Money Market Fund Reform initiatives and to the continued success of our investors.
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Consider harnessing the potential benefits that ETFs can add to your clients’ portfolios while helping them stay invested and focused on their long-term goals.
Behavioral finance
After an unprecedented period of market turbulence and societal turmoil, this year’s behavioral finance survey gives us a unique backdrop in which to consider the effects of behavioral finance on advisors and their clients.
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The sharp evolutionary growth of passive investment strategies has accelerated since
2000, while drawing criticism from some market pundits. This paper tackles six of these
criticisms, offering a perspective on what such pundits may be missing.
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An explanation of Form - and the events that would lead to its filing.
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Fortune explains the difference between cap-weighted and fundamental index strategies.
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An explanation of key distinctions between the Dimensional Fund Advisors strategy and the approach employed by the Schwab Fundamental Index products.
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Learn why it's critical to have a more complete perspective of the risks inherent in municipal money market funds.
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Do actively managed bond strategies offer better risk protection than passively managed bond strategies in market downturns? Data from COVID-19 and the 2008 financial crisis say, “No.”