Invested : changing forever the way Americans invest

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In this deeply personal memoir, Schwab describes his passion to have Main Street participate in the growing economy as investors and owners, not only earners. Schwab opens up about his dyslexia and how he worked around and ultimately embraced it, and about the challenges he faced while starting his fledgling company in the 1970s. A year into his grand experiment in discounted stock trading, living in a small apartment in Sausalito with his wife,...

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Schwab, Charles

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ISBN:

9781984822543
1984822543

Edition:

First edition

Description:

338 pages

Notes:

Includes index

Contents:

Part I: Getting started. May day ; A sense of independence ; I had a lot of jobs ; Always a struggle ; A piece of the action ; Enter Uncle Bill ; The transaction specialist
Part II: Riding a rocket. A vaguely disreputable threat ; No salesperson will call ; Uncle Bill gets his branch ; Beta ; Never ending, endlessly frustrating ; Capital and credibility ; The new kid ; A raging case of the yips ; Open revolt ; Free at last ; Don't push your luck ; Tsunami
Part III: Boom and bust. Advancing the revolution ; Life intercedes ; The network ; Unlike anything I had experienced
Part IV: Second act. A very difficult decision ; We've got his ; Implement it all ; Talk to Chuck ; A jewel
Part V: Time tested. You have to be optimistic ; Ready ; Coiled spring ; Chuck's secret sauce ; Epilogue: Personal reflections

LCCN:

2018056049

Control Number:

2824620

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