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• Retirement Planning for Empty Nesters | Charles Schwab

  After years of focusing on your kids, it's time to focus on yourself. Read more about planning for your next big milestone—retirement—as an empty nester.

• Charles Schwab | Charles Schwab

  Charles "Chuck" R. Schwab started the San Francisco–based The Charles Schwab Corporation in 1971 as a traditional brokerage company, and in 1974 became a pioneer in the discount brokerage business. Schwab took an early lead in the industry, offering a combination of low prices and fast, efficient order executions, and soon became the nation's largest discount broker. Today, the company is the nation's largest publicly traded investment services firm, with around $7.4 trillion in client assets. Often credited with "democratizing" investment, Schwab has driven countless innovations in the investment services industry designed to help individuals make the most of saving and investing, including 24/7 access to services, the one-stop mutual fund supermarket providing access to thousands of no-load, no-transaction-fee mutual funds, custodial services for independent registered investment advisors, online trading, and many others. Today, the company has expanded from its roots as a discount brokerage ...

• Social Security | Charles Schwab

  Understand how Social Security works and when you should consider taking it.

• Commodity ETFs: It Pays to Do the Research | Charles Schwab

  With commodity ETFs, make sure you understand the fund's strategy before you buy it. Learn three questions to ask when you're researching commodity ETFs.

• When Interest Rates Rise, What Should You Do with Bonds? | Charles Schwab

  Bonds can play an important role in your portfolio, but how do rising interest rates affect fixed income?

• What Is Probate? Keeping Your Estate out of Court | Charles Schwab

  Probate can be a notoriously expensive and time-consuming process of settling your will after death. Learn four ways to avoid exposing your estate to probate.

• Leveraging Your Home Equity in Retirement | Charles Schwab

  Retirees have several options for using home equity to assist their finances. Learn how you can leverage your home’s value to support your retirement.

• Frequently Asked Questions from Investors | Charles Schwab

  Kathy Jones and Liz Ann Sonders answer some of the most common questions from investors—and provide their weekly market outlook.

• ETFs and Taxes: What You Need to Know | Charles Schwab

  ETFs can have different tax implications depending on how they're structured and how long you've held the ETF. Learn more about ETFs and taxes to help avoid unpleasant surprises.

• How to Short a Stock: Short Selling Review | Charles Schwab

  Want to know how to short a stock? Learn the basics and the risks that are involved with short selling before you decide to dive in.