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Schwab Q2 Retail Client Sentiment Report: Investors Turn Bearish on U.S. Stock Market but Remain Confident in their Investing Approach and Likelihood of Reaching Goals
WESTLAKE, Texas, May 20, 2026--Charles Schwab, a leader in investing and trading with $5.3 trillion in retail client assets, 27 million retail brokerage accounts, and 7.7 million daily average retail trades in Q1 2026, today released its Q2 2026 Retail Client Sentiment Report, which finds that stock market sentiment is net bearish for the quarter with geopolitical and global macroeconomic issues as the leading concerns for the firm’s retail clients.
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