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Schwab Reports Monthly Activity Highlights

SCHW

The Charles Schwab Corporation released its Monthly Activity Report today. Company highlights for the month of November 2022 include:

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221214005359/en/

  • Core net new assets brought to the company by new and existing clients totaled $33.1 billion. Net new assets excluding mutual fund clearing totaled $35.0 billion.
  • Total client assets were $7.32 trillion as of month-end November, down 8% from November 2021 and up 5% compared to October 2022.
  • Client cash as a percentage of assets was 11.5% as of month-end November, compared with 10.5% in November 2021 and 12.2% in October 2022.

Commentary from the CFO

Peter Crawford, Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, provides perspectives on recent account activity, the reclassification of certain investment securities, and client cash sorting trends at: https://www.aboutschwab.com/cfo-commentary.

About Charles Schwab

The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) is a leading provider of financial services, with 33.6 million active brokerage accounts, 2.3 million corporate retirement plan participants, 1.7 million banking accounts, and $7.32 trillion in client assets as of November 30, 2022. Through its operating subsidiaries, the company provides a full range of wealth management, securities brokerage, banking, asset management, custody, and financial advisory services to individual investors and independent investment advisors. Its broker-dealer subsidiaries, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., TD Ameritrade, Inc., and TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc., (members SIPC, https://www.sipc.org), and their affiliates offer a complete range of investment services and products including an extensive selection of mutual funds; financial planning and investment advice; retirement plan and equity compensation plan services; referrals to independent, fee-based investment advisors; and custodial, operational and trading support for independent, fee-based investment advisors through Schwab Advisor Services. Its primary banking subsidiary, Charles Schwab Bank, SSB (member FDIC and an Equal Housing Lender), provides banking and lending services and products. More information is available at https://www.aboutschwab.com.

TD Ameritrade, Inc. and TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc. are separate but affiliated companies and subsidiaries of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation. TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corporation. TD Ameritrade is a trademark jointly owned by TD Ameritrade IP Company, Inc. and The Toronto-Dominion Bank.

The Charles Schwab Corporation Monthly Activity Report For November 2022

2021

2022

Change
Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Mo. Yr.
Market Indices (at month end)
Dow Jones Industrial Average®

34,484

36,338

35,132

33,893

34,678

32,977

32,990

30,775

32,845

31,510

28,726

32,733

34,590

6

%

-

Nasdaq Composite®

15,538

15,645

14,240

13,751

14,221

12,335

12,081

11,029

12,391

11,816

10,576

10,988

11,468

4

%

(26

%)

Standard & Poor’s® 500

4,567

4,766

4,516

4,374

4,530

4,132

4,132

3,785

4,130

3,955

3,586

3,872

4,080

5

%

(11

%)

Client Assets (in billions of dollars)
Beginning Client Assets

7,982.3

7,918.3

8,138.0

7,803.8

7,686.6

7,862.1

7,284.4

7,301.7

6,832.5

7,304.8

7,127.6

6,644.2

7,004.6

Net New Assets (1)

31.4

80.3

33.6

40.6

46.3

(9.2

)

32.8

19.8

31.5

43.3

39.8

42.0

33.1

(21

%)

5

%

Net Market (Losses) Gains

(95.4

)

139.4

(367.8

)

(157.8

)

129.2

(568.5

)

(15.5

)

(489.0

)

440.8

(220.5

)

(523.2

)

318.4

282.9

Total Client Assets (at month end)

7,918.3

8,138.0

7,803.8

7,686.6

7,862.1

7,284.4

7,301.7

6,832.5

7,304.8

7,127.6

6,644.2

7,004.6

7,320.6

5

%

(8

%)

Core Net New Assets (2)

45.1

80.3

33.6

40.6

46.3

(9.2

)

32.8

40.6

31.5

43.3

39.8

42.0

33.1

(21

%)

(27

%)

Receiving Ongoing Advisory Services (at month end)
Investor Services

543.1

559.2

541.9

533.7

538.9

509.3

513.0

483.8

514.8

499.2

466.6

487.3

514.0

5

%

(5

%)

Advisor Services (3)

3,374.3

3,505.2

3,382.4

3,342.5

3,404.6

3,190.5

3,213.8

3,040.4

3,222.5

3,150.5

2,950.9

3,106.0

3,270.5

5

%

(3

%)

Client Accounts (at month end, in thousands)
Active Brokerage Accounts (4)

32,942

33,165

33,308

33,421

33,577

33,759

33,822

33,896

33,934

33,984

33,875

33,896

33,636

(1

%)

2

%

Banking Accounts

1,608

1,614

1,628

1,641

1,641

1,652

1,658

1,669

1,680

1,690

1,696

1,706

1,705

-

6

%

Corporate Retirement Plan Participants

2,198

2,200

2,216

2,235

2,246

2,261

2,275

2,275

2,267

2,285

2,305

2,322

2,336

1

%

6

%

Client Activity
New Brokerage Accounts (in thousands)

448

473

426

356

420

386

323

305

278

332

287

298

303

2

%

(32

%)

Client Cash as a Percentage of Client Assets (5)

10.5

%

10.9

%

11.3

%

11.5

%

11.4

%

11.9

%

12.0

%

12.8

%

12.0

%

12.1

%

12.9

%

12.2

%

11.5

%

(70) bp 100 bp
Derivative Trades as a Percentage of Total Trades

23.4

%

23.0

%

22.4

%

24.0

%

22.4

%

21.9

%

22.6

%

22.3

%

24.2

%

23.3

%

23.6

%

24.1

%

24.6

%

50 bp 120 bp
Selected Average Balances (in millions of dollars)
Average Interest-Earning Assets (6)

584,362

605,709

622,997

629,042

644,768

636,668

620,157

614,100

605,751

586,154

568,351

552,631

527,019

(5

%)

(10

%)

Average Margin Balances

87,311

88,328

86,737

84,354

81,526

83,762

78,841

74,577

72,177

72,855

73,224

69,188

66,011

(5

%)

(24

%)

Average Bank Deposit Account Balances (7)

153,877

154,918

157,706

153,824

155,657

152,653

154,669

155,306

154,542

148,427

141,198

136,036

130,479

(4

%)

(15

%)

Mutual Fund and Exchange-Traded Fund
Net Buys (Sells) (8,9) (in millions of dollars)
Equities

13,099

11,519

7,384

9,371

14,177

(786

)

1,889

(1,586

)

5,589

10,465

(2,662

)

3,984

3,777

Hybrid

308

(1,207

)

(367

)

(478

)

(497

)

(529

)

(1,718

)

(1,054

)

(2,041

)

(783

)

(938

)

(1,380

)

(2,052

)

Bonds

4,097

5,600

1,804

(1,973

)

(7,851

)

(6,933

)

(6,121

)

(5,631

)

729

(141

)

(5,801

)

(7,218

)

(3,721

)

Net Buy (Sell) Activity (in millions of dollars)
Mutual Funds (8)

189

(2,859

)

(4,961

)

(6,318

)

(11,888

)

(16,657

)

(20,761

)

(16,258

)

(8,674

)

(7,117

)

(15,200

)

(18,473

)

(17,143

)

Exchange-Traded Funds (9)

17,315

18,771

13,782

13,238

17,717

8,409

14,811

7,987

12,951

16,658

5,799

13,859

15,147

Money Market Funds

(1,725

)

(144

)

(1,984

)

(1,086

)

(1,344

)

(3,430

)

7,106

11,544

13,711

19,702

17,018

21,542

16,929

Note: Certain supplemental details related to the information above can be found at: https://www.aboutschwab.com/financial-reports.

(1)

June 2022 includes an outflow of $20.8 billion from a mutual fund clearing services client. November 2021 includes an outflow of $13.7 billion from a mutual fund clearing services client.

(2)

Net new assets before significant one-time inflows or outflows, such as acquisitions/divestitures or extraordinary flows (generally greater than $10 billion) relating to a specific client. These flows may span multiple reporting periods.

(3)

Excludes Retirement Business Services.

(4)

November 2022 includes the company-initiated closure of approximately 350 thousand low-balance accounts. September 2022 includes the company-initiated closure of approximately 152 thousand low-balance accounts.

(5)

Schwab One®, certain cash equivalents, bank deposits, third-party bank deposit accounts, and money market fund balances as a percentage of total client assets.

(6)

Represents average total interest-earning assets on the company's balance sheet. November 2022 includes the impact of transferring certain investment securities from the available for sale category to the held-to-maturity category.

(7)

Represents average TD Ameritrade clients’ uninvested cash sweep account balances held in deposit accounts at third-party financial institutions.

(8)

Represents the principal value of client mutual fund transactions handled by Schwab, including transactions in proprietary funds. Includes institutional funds available only to Investment Managers. Excludes money market fund transactions.

(9)

Represents the principal value of client ETF transactions handled by Schwab, including transactions in proprietary ETFs.



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