David i dont consider myself a journalist. And, nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . We are here today with chuck schwab, who is one of the bestknown figures in the American Business world, certainly has been so over the last several decades because of his ubiquitous face and his ads, but also because of the Great Company he has built, which is one of the leading Financial Service companies in the united states. He has now just written a book, called invested by Charles Schwab, and were going to talk about that and his life, which is quite incredible. Let me start by asking about something you made news with just recently. Your Company Announced you are not really going to just do discount brokerage, you are going to give away brokerage for free. In other words, if i want to buy some stock, i
I know you have great energy we saw you coming in. Group. A highenergy good evening. [applause] and the Program Director here at the commonwealth. Thank you for coming tonight with the program with Charles Schwab in conversation with adam lish and ski. How many of you are members . Thank you very much if not this is a great time to join there are terrific programs coming up when there is a gentle man named billy we will bel happy to answer any questions please take a moment to turn offta your devices that could make noise and i will tell you about upcoming programs. On halloween fox news anchor brett baer will be with us. On november 12th rich lowry. Jerry rice will be with us and november 15 at noon Mary Lou Henner will talk about why she has a unique condition that allows her to remember everything in her life. Also great travel programs ask our staff about those this february take an expedition to new zealand. A lot of good stuff coming up there are question cards in your seats plea
We know you have. My name is george, im Program Director at the Commonwealth Club , on behalf of all of us i want towelcome you , thank you for coming down to tonights terrific program with Charles Schwab in conversation with adam listen ski. How many of you are members of the Commonwealth Club. If youre not a member, this is a great time to join. There are all kinds of terrific programs, there is buildings like with a great roof deck and a gentleman named billyat the back of the room. He will be happy to answer any questions you have about joining the club so see himon your way out. These take a moment and turn off all your cell phones. Any devices that might make noise and while youre doing that tell you about upcoming problems of the Commonwealth Club. On october 31 halloween, fair will be with us. On november 12, theres not a comment in that area just so you all know. November 12 rich lowery will be our guest. November 12 in the eveningin Silicon Valley legendary 49er jerry rice wi
This terrific program with Charles Schwab, we are appreciative to have you here. How many are members of the club . Thank you very much. If you are not a member this is a great time to join. There are terrific programs coming up, great programs like the one here and a gentleman named billy at the back of the room, happy to answer any questions about joining the club. See him on your way out. Please take a moment, turn off your cell phones, any devices that might make noise, let me tell you about some upcoming programs. October 31st, halloween at noon, bret baer will be with us. On november 12th, there is not a comment on that. On november 12th, National Review editor rich lowry will be our guest. November 12th in the evening Silicon Valley, jerry rice will be with us. November 15th, friday, november 15th, Mary Lou Henner who you may remember from the tv series taxi will talk about why she has the unique condition that allows her to remember everything in her life. Also great travel pro
But the 52 billion man, Mike Bloomberg, was not in the debate. All in all, it was rather subdued affair, especially sense it came just hours after another day of impeachment hearings. Oh, how different from the highly rated Republican Debate four years ago that featured donald j. Trump. Thats that. The debate. Lets get to the money. Macys profit went up, sales went down. The retailers very much in focus as the Holiday Season gears up. So far, Department Stores like macys have been struggling. They are largely based in malls and malls are getting clobbered by online shopping, amazon in particular. Macys stock will be down about 4 . Look at this. Charles schwab, number one discount broker, talking about a merger with number two, ameritrade. Looks like they will become a very big bank that offers free stock trading. The whole brokerage world, really shaken up. Both of those stocks up significantly. Overall, the market is still yanked around by trade headlines. The president says this, the