SCHC News and Press, Schwab International Small-Cap Equity From 10/15/19

By Erik Knutzen The events and data of recent weeks make us want to err on the side of caution. Our Asset Allocation Committee’s quarterly Outlook will come out this week, and the headline is that members see a return to “two-tier growth.” The last time we used...

Portfolio construction goes well beyond selecting a few individual stocks. This article contains ideas that will be "old hat" for some readers, but I promise to include material that will be fresh for many. Diversification: We begin with the concept of global diversification. While it is s...

With international markets having languished for a decade, small-cap stocks trailing their large-cap peers despite a history of outperformance, and with trade tensions dominating headlines, international small-cap stocks are poised to outperform the US. International Diversification Has Disa...

One of my favorite analytical techniques for generating insights on global markets is studying market breadth , and those who know me know I like to take a bit of an alternative angle, and today's chart is no exception. What makes today's chart so interesting is that (in contrast to most of...

One night last week, I was pleasantly surprised when my kids asked if they could stay up late and buy some ETFs with me. We ended up staying up over an hour past their bedtime running through the ETF screeners, reading factsheet pages, and submitting orders, and I admit it has been one of my p...