Schwab Reports Monthly Activity Highlights
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Core net new assets brought to the company by new and existing clients increased
13% versus May 2024 to reach – a record for the month of May.$35.0 billion -
Total client assets equaled
as of month-end May, up$10.35 trillion 12% from May 2024 and up5% compared to April 2025. -
New brokerage accounts opened during the month totaled 336,000 up
7% versus May 2024. - Investor engagement remained strong, with May trading volumes exceeding 7 million daily average trades for the 5th consecutive month.
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Transactional sweep cash declined by
to end May at$5.2 billion . Inclusive of clients’ engagement with markets and April tax seasonality, quarter-to-date transactional sweep cash is down less than$398.1 billion 3% from March 2025 levels, helping us further reduce high-cost funding at the banks to approximately as of May month-end.$32 billion
About Charles Schwab
The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) is a leading provider of financial services, with 37.4 million active brokerage accounts, 5.6 million workplace plan participant accounts, 2.1 million banking accounts, and
The Charles Schwab Corporation Monthly Activity Report For May 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 |
2025 |
Change | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Mo. | Yr. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Market Indices (at month end) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dow Jones Industrial Average® | 38,686 |
|
39,119 |
|
40,843 |
|
41,563 |
|
42,330 |
|
41,763 |
|
44,911 |
|
42,544 |
|
44,545 |
|
43,841 |
|
42,002 |
|
40,669 |
|
42,270 |
|
4 |
% |
9 |
% |
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Nasdaq Composite® | 16,735 |
|
17,733 |
|
17,599 |
|
17,714 |
|
18,189 |
|
18,095 |
|
19,218 |
|
19,311 |
|
19,627 |
|
18,847 |
|
17,299 |
|
17,446 |
|
19,114 |
|
10 |
% |
14 |
% |
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Standard & Poor’s® 500 | 5,278 |
|
5,460 |
|
5,522 |
|
5,648 |
|
5,762 |
|
5,705 |
|
6,032 |
|
5,882 |
|
6,041 |
|
5,955 |
|
5,612 |
|
5,569 |
|
5,912 |
|
6 |
% |
12 |
% |
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Client Assets (in billions of dollars) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning Client Assets | 8,847.5 |
|
9,206.3 |
|
9,407.5 |
|
9,572.1 |
|
9,737.7 |
|
9,920.5 |
|
9,852.0 |
|
10,305.4 |
|
10,101.3 |
|
10,333.1 |
|
10,280.2 |
|
9,929.7 |
|
9,892.2 |
|
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Net New Assets (1) | 31.0 |
|
33.2 |
|
29.0 |
|
31.5 |
|
30.3 |
|
22.7 |
|
25.5 |
|
60.2 |
|
30.5 |
|
46.6 |
|
55.3 |
|
1.1 |
|
33.6 |
|
N/M |
|
8 |
% |
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Net Market Gains (Losses) | 327.8 |
|
168.0 |
|
135.6 |
|
134.1 |
|
152.5 |
|
(91.2 |
) |
427.9 |
|
(264.3 |
) |
201.3 |
|
(99.5 |
) |
(405.8 |
) |
(38.6 |
) |
423.2 |
|
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Total Client Assets (at month end) | 9,206.3 |
|
9,407.5 |
|
9,572.1 |
|
9,737.7 |
|
9,920.5 |
|
9,852.0 |
|
10,305.4 |
|
10,101.3 |
|
10,333.1 |
|
10,280.2 |
|
9,929.7 |
|
9,892.2 |
|
10,349.0 |
|
5 |
% |
12 |
% |
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Core Net New Assets (1,2) | 31.1 |
|
29.1 |
|
29.0 |
|
32.8 |
|
33.5 |
|
24.6 |
|
28.8 |
|
61.4 |
|
30.6 |
|
48.0 |
|
59.1 |
|
2.7 |
|
35.0 |
|
N/M |
|
13 |
% |
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Receiving Ongoing Advisory Services (at month end) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investor Services | 624.0 |
|
632.9 |
|
649.1 |
|
663.7 |
|
675.1 |
|
665.6 |
|
688.9 |
|
682.0 |
|
698.7 |
|
703.5 |
|
688.8 |
|
688.2 |
|
711.2 |
|
3 |
% |
14 |
% |
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Advisor Services | 4,027.3 |
|
4,090.0 |
|
4,185.4 |
|
4,268.1 |
|
4,343.8 |
|
4,303.3 |
|
4,489.2 |
|
4,379.7 |
|
4,496.6 |
|
4,493.2 |
|
4,372.3 |
|
4,353.0 |
|
4,525.6 |
|
4 |
% |
12 |
% |
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Client Accounts (at month end, in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Active Brokerage Accounts | 35,524 |
|
35,612 |
|
35,743 |
|
35,859 |
|
35,982 |
|
36,073 |
|
36,222 |
|
36,456 |
|
36,709 |
|
36,861 |
|
37,011 |
|
37,254 |
|
37,375 |
|
- |
|
5 |
% |
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Banking Accounts | 1,916 |
|
1,931 |
|
1,937 |
|
1,940 |
|
1,954 |
|
1,967 |
|
1,980 |
|
1,998 |
|
2,019 |
|
2,033 |
|
2,050 |
|
2,066 |
|
2,077 |
|
1 |
% |
8 |
% |
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Workplace Plan Participant Accounts (3) | 5,345 |
|
5,363 |
|
5,382 |
|
5,373 |
|
5,388 |
|
5,407 |
|
5,393 |
|
5,399 |
|
5,450 |
|
5,464 |
|
5,495 |
|
5,518 |
|
5,563 |
|
1 |
% |
4 |
% |
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Client Activity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Brokerage Accounts (in thousands) | 314 |
|
310 |
|
327 |
|
324 |
|
321 |
|
331 |
|
357 |
|
431 |
|
433 |
|
362 |
|
388 |
|
439 |
|
336 |
|
(23 |
%) |
7 |
% |
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Client Cash as a Percentage of Client Assets (4) | 9.9 |
% |
9.7 |
% |
9.6 |
% |
9.5 |
% |
9.5 |
% |
9.8 |
% |
9.5 |
% |
10.1 |
% |
9.8 |
% |
10.0 |
% |
10.6 |
% |
10.5 |
% |
10.1 |
% |
(40) bp | 20 bp | |||||||||||||||||
Derivative Trades as a Percentage of Total Trades | 21.9 |
% |
21.3 |
% |
21.2 |
% |
20.8 |
% |
21.5 |
% |
21.4 |
% |
19.7 |
% |
18.6 |
% |
19.3 |
% |
19.9 |
% |
19.5 |
% |
18.4 |
% |
21.0 |
% |
260 bp | (90) bp | |||||||||||||||||
Selected Average Balances (in millions of dollars) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Average Interest-Earning Assets (5) | 415,950 |
|
417,150 |
|
417,379 |
|
420,191 |
|
420,203 |
|
422,327 |
|
425,789 |
|
431,177 |
|
431,523 |
|
424,805 |
|
425,228 |
|
430,884 |
|
419,638 |
|
(3 |
%) |
1 |
% |
|||||||||||||||
Average Margin Balances | 67,614 |
|
69,730 |
|
73,206 |
|
73,326 |
|
72,755 |
|
74,105 |
|
76,932 |
|
81,507 |
|
82,551 |
|
84,233 |
|
82,725 |
|
77,478 |
|
79,132 |
|
2 |
% |
17 |
% |
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Average Bank Deposit Account Balances (6) | 86,844 |
|
85,195 |
|
83,979 |
|
82,806 |
|
82,336 |
|
83,261 |
|
84,385 |
|
85,384 |
|
84,790 |
|
83,089 |
|
84,302 |
|
84,060 |
|
81,495 |
|
(3 |
%) |
(6 |
%) |
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Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Buys (Sells) (7,8) (in millions of dollars) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Equities | 5,734 |
|
3,379 |
|
10,908 |
|
5,609 |
|
5,217 |
|
7,176 |
|
13,226 |
|
14,805 |
|
10,050 |
|
4,987 |
|
(1,221 |
) |
7,950 |
|
10,473 |
|
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Hybrid | (558 |
) |
(843 |
) |
(1,155 |
) |
(1,377 |
) |
(432 |
) |
(1,397 |
) |
(329 |
) |
124 |
|
(1,324 |
) |
(464 |
) |
(603 |
) |
(1,663 |
) |
(287 |
) |
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Bonds | 5,854 |
|
6,346 |
|
8,651 |
|
10,919 |
|
11,015 |
|
10,442 |
|
7,473 |
|
10,969 |
|
8,747 |
|
12,162 |
|
11,438 |
|
(1,490 |
) |
8,483 |
|
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Net Buy (Sell) Activity (in millions of dollars) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mutual Funds (7) | (5,544 |
) |
(4,254 |
) |
(4,679 |
) |
(4,003 |
) |
(1,261 |
) |
(4,905 |
) |
(4,492 |
) |
(4,331 |
) |
(6,785 |
) |
(3,971 |
) |
(8,537 |
) |
(13,955 |
) |
(3,224 |
) |
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Exchange-Traded Funds (8) | 16,574 |
|
13,136 |
|
23,083 |
|
19,154 |
|
17,061 |
|
21,126 |
|
24,862 |
|
30,229 |
|
24,258 |
|
20,656 |
|
18,151 |
|
18,752 |
|
21,893 |
|
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Money Market Funds | 9,790 |
|
3,858 |
|
9,110 |
|
8,048 |
|
9,672 |
|
11,032 |
|
9,172 |
|
8,956 |
|
11,584 |
|
12,306 |
|
14,586 |
|
(6,158 |
) |
5,794 |
|
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Note: Certain supplemental details related to the information above can be found at: https://www.aboutschwab.com/financial-reports. |
(1) |
Unless otherwise noted, differences between net new assets and core net new assets are net flows from off-platform Schwab Bank Retail CDs. 2024 also includes outflows from a large international relationship of |
(2) |
Net new assets before significant one-time inflows or outflows, such as acquisitions/divestitures or extraordinary flows (generally greater than |
(3) |
Includes accounts in Retirement Plan Services, Stock Plan Services, Designated Brokerage Services, and Retirement Business Services; Participants may be enrolled in services in more than one Workplace business. |
(4) |
Schwab One®, certain cash equivalents, bank deposits, third-party bank deposit accounts, and money market fund balances as a percentage of total client assets; client cash excludes brokered CDs issued by Charles Schwab Bank. |
(5) |
Represents average total interest-earning assets on the Company's balance sheet. |
(6) |
Represents average clients’ uninvested cash sweep account balances held in deposit accounts at third-party financial institutions. |
(7) |
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. |
(8) |
Represents the principal value of client ETF transactions handled by Schwab, including transactions in proprietary ETFs. |
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N/M - Not meaningful. Percentage changes greater than |
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