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CHarlz SHvab, the founder of the discount broker company with the same name, in 1970th years has forced the American stock exchange to make a step to the people. SHvab did not let out accessible «garbage bonds» - it has made more accessible broker services and thanks to it has caught millions clients.

Charles Schwab, the founder of the discount broker company with the same name, in 1970th years has forced the American stock exchange to make a step to the people. SHvab did not let out accessible «garbage bonds» - it has made more accessible broker services and thanks to it has caught millions clients.

Charles Schwab (was born in 1937) since the childhood knew the price to labour dollar. The clever fellow has begun the career with trade in chestnuts, and tempted buyers with a rare grade - it and was on sale where better, and profits brought more. In 12 years time for more serious business has come: CHarlz has adjusted trade in eggs. A year later it has decided to grow up chickens on sale, and at the same time and to do fertilizers of a chicken dung. However when the enterprise has expanded so, that began to stir to study, CHarlz has sold it. And even with benefit as he with pride underlined many years later. And itself has begun new career - began to bring sticks and balls on the golf course.

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At school of business at CHarlza were far not excellent. Nuns who were engaged in its training, considered CHarlza as "very good boy» - hardworking, persistent, attentive, but the slowcoach. At SHvaba there were big problems with reading so by preparation for examinations in the literature it had to swindle slightly - it studied classical products on comics. After many years when with son Shvaba the same history has repeated, it was found out, that both of them suffer disleksiej (the complicated perception of the printing text) - the illness rather extended among representatives of the American establishment. If disleksija life CHarlza, probably has been diagnosed in the childhood, would develop differently. And so it had to compensate the inferiority intense employment. «I never considered myself silly, at all I do not know why, - he recollected. - simply thought, that if I will work more persistently from this there is a sense».

Fortunately, mathematics and natural sciences were given CHarlzu much better so as a result it could enter Stanfordsky university. There he again had to struggle with disleksiej, especially in the first year of training. The classmates generously sharing with it lectures, and, as usual, own persistence helped. Liked subject CHarlza was the economy in which has put it was necessary to have more with figures, instead of with letters.

Studying at university, SHvab constantly earned additionally on the party - the tractor operator, the ancillary worker, the switchman on the railway, the clerk in bank. On the sly reflected and on own business. CHarlz liked to work with people, and the chain of the tried trades has asserted it in opinion, that the success of any enterprise directly depends on mutual relations with clients. That is why in career SHvab has decided to keep more close to the people.

First four years after the termination of Stanfordsky business school SHvab together with several partners were let out by monthly analytical bulletin Investment Indicator. And then has dared at a risky act: has occupied from the uncle $100 000 and has opened on this money own broker office - First Commander Corp. And here there was a problem: CHarlzu the standard system of a payment of brokers resolutely did not like. They received commission fee only in the event that it was possible to them to convince the client to make the transaction. It generated in brokers aspiration for the sake of own benefit to involve investors in venture. Resist to similar temptation could far not all. Because of the obvious conflict of interests the trust of investors to traditional broker offices slowly, but steadily thawed, and serious problems with clients were avoided even by such known companies, as Merrill Lynch, Smith Barney and PaineWebber.

In 1973 CHarlz SHvab has redeemed at partners of their share and has renamed the enterprise in Charles Schwab and Co. When in 1974 the commission on securities and stock exchanges of the USA (SEC) for 13 months has cancelled the fixed commission fee for broker services, SHvab has understood, that has come it is time to operate. While the majority of offices have used decision SEC for increase in commission fee raised by them, Charles Schwab and Co., On the contrary, began to render broker services with the considerable discount. Thus employees of the company instead of commission fee received the salary and awards so their income did not depend on quantity of the transactions concluded by clients.

Thus, Charles Schwab became one of the first discount brokers in the market and is precisely - the most successful. Unlike the traditional broker companies discount brokers offer clients the "truncated" package deal: in particular, do not render analytical services and do not work with the client individually. The traditional broker knows the client - its possibilities, propensity to risk, etc., therefore in a status to give to its more or less personified advice. But if the investor believes, that is grounded enough and does not require councils of an analyst and in individual service he chooses the discount broker and works in the market through it. Giving to clients only the most necessary minimum of services, discount brokers raise from it rather insignificant payment for participation in the auctions.

This scheme has allowed Charles Schwab to "approach" stock exchange to weights and to make "games" with actions accessible even for rather poor, but self-assured investors.

In 1983 the successful company has drawn attention Bank of America. SHvab has sold office to bank for $57 million with the right of the return repayment. Also has used this right in four years. It was necessary though to redeem the company for the sum larger ($280 million), itself SHvab from it has not suffered, as the company soon after it has been redeemed, has changed a pattern of ownership, becoming open joint-stock company. As a result expenses under the repayment of the company at bank have actually laid down on shoulders of new shareholders.

Within 1980th years Charles Schwab has carried out a number of the important innovations. For example, in 1984 program Schwab Mutual Fund Marketplace thanks to which individual investors have got access at once to several hundreds the various mutual funds which are not raising commission fee for sale of actions has been created. Logic continuation of this program became started in 1992 MutualFund OneSource which does the same, but already in an on-line mode.

The first in branch the company has offered clients possibility to place orders at any time, and since 1980 has offered them round-the-clock information service.

CHarlz SHvab has worked hard for education of the American investors: its company regularly holds seminars and lets out the editions, called to help Americans in development of the basic operations on the stock exchange. In due time Charles Schwab has organised an advertising campaign for propagation of independent management by investments. The book most SHvaba «the Management on achievement of financial independence: simple decisions for the occupied people» became one of best sellers of 1998.

From the first days of history Charles Schwab aspired to use with peak efficiency new information technologies. In 1979 SHvab has not regretted $500 000 on creation of system of processing of the information. In 1984 when only very much few clients were interested in electronic trading, the company has already developed program Equalizer, allowing to participate in the on-line auctions. In 1986 device Schwabline has been let out, allowing to load the market information through a telephone line and at once to unpack it on narrow strips of a paper.

In 1984 on job in Charles Schwab David Pottrak has come. It has begun with not the highest post (was responsible for advertising and marketing), but has quickly managed to be put forward for the first roles. Now pottrak divides with CHarlzom SHvabom post SEO, and also is the president of the company.

Confident occurrence Charles Schwab during the Internet epoch has occurred in many respects thanking efforts pottraka though also itself SHvab had always a soft corner in the heart for every possible technical novelties. In 1995 pottrak has learnt, that quantity of the personal computers sold in the USA, has surpassed quantity of the realised TVs. Inspired with this information, pottrak has disposed, that for all heads of firm have been got leptopy. He too has learnt to print to have possibility to use e-mail for communication with employees (it is known, that he likes from time to time to dispatch to subordinates vigorous letters with support expression).

In the end of 1995 to management Charles Schwab have suggested to estimate the experimental version of the software for carrying out of the on-line auctions. The program was pleasant, jobs on its creation have proceeded, and in the middle of 1996 system e. Schwab it was completely ready. It especially did not advertise, but the effect has surpassed all expectations: for first two weeks of job of system 10 000 bills have been opened - initially such indicator was planned to reach for a year.

However, as e. Schwab typed popularity, clients of "the old sample» have started to show discontent. It was not pleasant to them, that in transactions they are compelled to pay for intermediary in two with superfluous time more than users e. Schwab. And then Charles Schwab has dared at an unprecedented measure: from the end of 1997 all clients of the company pay under the blanket tariff - $29,95 for the transaction. It was difficult to predict, than voluntary refusal of a considerable part of the profits (the half-received incomes made $125 million a year) will turn back for the company, but already to the fourth quarter 1998 position was corrected, incomes Charles Schwab have gone again upwards.

In advertising campaigns Charles Schwab operates on the verge of decency, not hesitating to tease competitors and to beat them in the most painful points. In particular, recently the company has let out a series of the "satirical" preview trailers exposing ambiguous position of traditional investment banks which, deducing actions of the companies on a stock exchange, simultaneously act as "independent" advisers and advise to clients to buy these actions. In one of rollers the manager advises to brokers «to tint a pig» and, not paying attention to "worthless" financial indicators to recommend to clients to buy papers. «The thin hint» is addressed Merrill Lynch. During one of proceedings internal correspondence of employees Merrill Lynch then all America has learnt has been promulgated, that brokers Merrill Lynch are inclined «to tint a pig», not paying attention to "worthless" financial indicators.

Having made of the decision on the uniform rate for all clients, Charles Schwab it has unexpectedly appeared between two fires. On the one hand, in a back to it arrogant Internet projects (for example, E*Trade) which involve clients with lower prices for the services breathe: $8 - $10 for the transaction. On the other hand, the investors exhausted with instability of last years, any more so are glad to freedom in due time granted by it SHvabom. All of them aspire to get under a wing of solid firms of level Merrill Lynch where to them will offer an individual approach, the qualified councils, every possible analyses and forecasts is more often, and in general take all responsibility on itself, let and for considerable compensation.

To solve a problem of preservation of client base Charles Schwab has tried first of all at the expense of change of the structure. In June, 2000 the company for $2,9 mlrd has got U. S. Trust - rather respectable company with 147-year-old history, specialising on management of actives for well-founded clients. And for filling of a niche of cheap services young company CyberCorp has been bought. (Its present name - CyberTrader). She offers the software for communication with on-line trejdingovymi systems, and also provides clients with the every possible accompanying information.

Besides, since 2000 Charles Schwab has started to render consulting services - a step actually contradicting all volume, that the company preached in 1970th years. Now, having paid $400, clients can receive the qualified analysis of the portfolio and councils concerning purchase or sale of actions. Instead of so a long time (the size of the bill - not less than $1 million) special service has been offered the richest clients: large investors can count on any help on management of the investments.

«Our clients all become richer, - David Pottrak explains these changes. - the Growing status creates many complexities. The more complexities, the the help is more often is required. If our clients will be not not helped by we, they will address to someone else».