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UBS also routed most of Schwab's option trades under that arrangement, though it was unclear if the discount brokerage elected to choose another market maker to handle those orders.

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Schwab's iPhone app, for example, in addition to letting users buy and sell mutual-fund shares, has a "relationship view" feature where customers can group all of their Schwab accounts and easily flip through them, says Diane Russell, Schwab's senior vice president of platform services.

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Tamara Bohlig, Schwab's vice president of product management, says the firm's strategy initially focused on broad, core categories.

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Under the current contract, UBS receives the bulk of Schwab's nondirected customer orders whether they are listed on venues including New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex or the Nasdaq Stock Market, according to Schwab's website.

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"While the shortened time horizon may well be attractive to professional traders and institutions, it could increase volatility and adversely impact regular retail customers," said Randy Frederick, Schwab's director of trading and derivatives.

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"People are finding it increasingly difficult to be optimistic, but I'm hopeful that history will play itself out again," said Charles Schwab's Mr. Frederick.

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Authentically served counter style, most of the down-home victuals're from secret recipes passed down by Grandma Mable herself, from pulled pork and chopped beef brisket sandwiches, to fixins-abetted platters of St. Louis ribs and Schwab's Oklahoma hot links, sparing the world from waiting for Johnny Bench and Jeanne Tripplehorn to finally get it on.

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While some brokers like Charles Schwab Corp. offer access to the sovereign debt of developed nations like Australia, minimum investments can be steep: Schwab's is typically $100,000.

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Trading stocks for $8, $9, or $10 per trade is "not a path for success for 99.9% of Americans," Mr. Bettinger said, pointing to the underlying logic behind Schwab's shifting focus.

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Rowe Price Group Inc. and discount-brokerage firm Charles Schwab Corp. More people than usual flocked to Schwab's brokerage offices or made appointments to sort out their investments, the San Francisco company said.

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