Economics

With $0 Fees, Schwab Risks Blowing Up Brokerage Model It Built

  • Trend toward zero fees was ‘inevitable,’ Schwab CFO says
  • Shares of online brokers plunge; TD Ameritrade quickly matches
Schwab Fee Cuts Trigger Online Broker Bloodbath
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Not too long ago, Charles Schwab Corp. helped to usher in the golden age of low-cost, online stock trading.

Now, the brokerage may help to kill off the fee-based business model altogether.