Schwab defended its financial position, reiterating that it has plenty of access to liquidity and a low loan-to-deposit ratio.
[First Republic Bank](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/FRC/) saw a more severe sell-off on Monday, down more than 70%, after it said Sunday it had received additional liquidity from the Federal Reserve and [JPMorgan Chase](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/JPM/). Because of its retail brokerage deposit model with ample liquidity, some Wall Street analysts think it won't face a run like SVB did. "Focusing attention on unrealized losses within HTM (Held-to-Maturity portfolio) has two logical flaws," Schwab said. The fear is that these firms, like Silicon Valley Bank, would need to sell these holdings early at large losses in order to cover deposit withdrawals. Schwab was taking hits along with other financial firms with massive bond holdings of longer maturities. The stock was at one point on track for its worst one-day sell-off ever.
Many stocks in the financial sector were plunging on Monday in the aftermath of the collapse of SVB Financial (SIVB -60.41%) late last week.
And it also assured investors that it has plenty of liquidity and that there is "very little chance" it will need to sell any held-to-maturity securities prior to their maturity dates, unlike SVB. Schwab has $7.38 trillion in client assets and is (for good reason) mostly thought of as a brokerage firm. [NYSE: SCHW](/quote/nyse/schw/)
Charles Schwab's stock fell as much as 23% on Monday, its biggest daily decline on record despite assurances the financial services company has enough ...
By Philip van Doorn. The broker is actually a savings and loan holding company. It's shares were down 19% Monday morning, following a 24% drop the previous ...
31. MarketWatch is published independently from Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal. Despite having such a high negative number for AOCI as of Dec. The bank was considered "well capitalized" under regulatory guidelines as of Dec. And nonperforming loans made up only 0.06% of net loans. So the company's banking business is critically important. Signature Bank (SBNY) of New York failed on Sunday. ET on Monday, following a 24% decline the previous week. Schwab's stock was down 19% at 10:40 a.m. The company also said it had access to "over $300 billion of incremental [borrowing] capacity with the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) and other short-term facilities--including the recently announced Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP)." had $552 billion in total assets. The bank had $349 billion in total assets as of Dec.
Charles Schwab was ensnared by the recent Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank debacle. Click here to see our take on SCHW stock.
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Looks like the financial stock market freakout is taking down more than just regional banks. Charles Schwab is feeling the heat too.
[PACW](https://research.investors.com/quote.aspx?symbol=PACW)) [CUBI](https://research.investors.com/quote.aspx?symbol=CUBI)) [CMA](https://research.investors.com/quote.aspx?symbol=CMA)) [KEY](https://research.investors.com/quote.aspx?symbol=KEY)) [ZION](https://research.investors.com/quote.aspx?symbol=ZION)) [VBTX](https://research.investors.com/quote.aspx?symbol=VBTX)) [BOH](https://research.investors.com/quote.aspx?symbol=BOH)) [SBNY](https://research.investors.com/quote.aspx?symbol=SBNY)) [TFC](https://research.investors.com/quote.aspx?symbol=TFC)) [DCOM](https://research.investors.com/quote.aspx?symbol=DCOM)) [EWBC](https://research.investors.com/quote.aspx?symbol=EWBC)) [SCHW](https://research.investors.com/quote.aspx?symbol=SCHW)) Also, securities and cash in brokerage accounts are insured by SIPC for up to $500,000 ($250,000 limit for cash). This is regardless of how strong the balance sheet is," Kim said. In addition, SCHW is insured by SIPC up to $500,000 per account, higher than $250,000 for FDIC and banks." "Much better interest rate risk management at Schwab, and they don't have a limited number of depositors with large dollar amounts draining down funds that resulted in SIVB's collapse." Schwab stock's drop at its worst point on the day was its largest percentage decrease on record (based on data that goes back to Sept. Keep in mind that bank accounts at Schwab are FDIC insured for up to $250,000. Investors are concerned the San Francisco-based financial giant too might be sitting on a pile of uninsured deposits from high-tech firms as in the case of the failed Silicon Valley Bank. There are more than 34 million accounts at the firm. Treasury and various government agencies," More than 80% of bank deposits are Shares of Schwab are down nearly 23% in the past two trading days, making it the 12th-worst-performing financial stock in the S&P 1500.
Charles Schwab's stock has taken a beating along with many bank stocks following the collapse of SVB Financial. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg. Shares of Charles ...
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