Chairman, 10% Owner of Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW) Charles R Schwab sells 1,000,000 shares of SCHW on 11/13/2012 at an average price of $12.9 a share.

Charles Schwab Corp has a market cap of $16.65 billion; its shares were traded at around $12.61 with a P/E ratio of 20.1 and P/S ratio of 3.6. The dividend yield of Charles Schwab Corp stocks is 1.8%. Charles Schwab Corp had an annual average earning growth of 7.2% over the past 10 years.

CFO Recent Trades:

• EVP and CFO Joseph R Martinetto sold 5,244 shares of SCHW stock on 08/07/2012 at the average price of 13.11. Joseph R Martinetto owns at least 57,791 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 3.81% since.

This is the insider trade history vs. stock price of SCHW. For the complete insider trading history of SCHW, click here.

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• EVP - Institutional Services James D Mccool bought 27,317 shares of SCHW stock on 05/31/2012 at the average price of 12.45. James D Mccool owns at least 118,998 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 1.29% since.
• Chairman, 10% Owner Charles R Schwab sold 1,000,000 shares of SCHW stock on 11/13/2012 at the average price of 12.9. Charles R Schwab owns at least 170,143,224 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.25% since.
• Chairman, 10% Owner Charles R Schwab sold 500,000 shares of SCHW stock on 11/09/2012 at the average price of 13.18. Charles R Schwab owns at least 171,143,224 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 4.32% since.
• Chairman, 10% Owner Charles R Schwab sold 1,750,000 shares of SCHW stock on 11/02/2012 at the average price of 13.65. Charles R Schwab owns at least 171,748,224 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 7.62% since.
• Chairman, 10% Owner Charles R Schwab sold 1,250,000 shares of SCHW stock on 10/31/2012 at the average price of 13.5. Charles R Schwab owns at least 173,480,076 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 6.59% since.

For the complete insider trading history of SCHW, click here.

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1. As legendary investor Peter Lynch said: "Insiders might sell their shares for any number of reasons, but they buy them for only one: they think the price will rise."
2. TOP EXECUTIVES like CEOs and CFOs are savvy buyers of their companies' shares. One long-term study showed that they beat the market on average by six percentage points a year.
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