Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz

Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz

Chief Strategist, Consumer Education, Schwab & Co.

As chief strategist/consumer education for Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., Schwab-Pomerantz is a leading advocate for individual investors. She speaks and writes extensively about personal finance issues and is a driving force in the movement to improve financial literacy in America. As president of the Charles Schwab Foundation, she also oversees the company's philanthropic strategy and resources.

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With her father, company founder, chairman and CEO Charles R. Schwab, Schwab-Pomerantz co-authored "It Pays to Talk: How to Have the Essential Conversations With Your Family About Money and Investing," which Publishers Weekly called "a well-rounded primer that provides one-stop shopping for the many phases of financial understanding and planning."

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Schwab-Pomerantz is a sought-after speaker whose public appearances have included appearances on "The Today Show," CNBC and NPR. In 2001, Working Woman magazine recognized her as one of four “Market Movers” in America who are “rewriting the rules of finance,” and she was also recognized as one of the “25 power Elite” in the financial services industry by Investment News. For four consecutive years, The San Francisco Business Times has named her one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s 100 Most Influential Women in Business.

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A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science, Schwab-Pomerantz later earned a master’s degree in business administration from George Washington University. She holds NASD Series 7, 63 and 8 registrations. 

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“Never have more than 20% of an individual stock or industry in your portfolio.”
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Although the economy is in a scary time now, Schwab Pomerantz remains optimistic.
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Team work has always been a key factor in Schwab Pomerantz’s career.
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Schwab Pomerantz started investing with her sons when they were 12 years old.
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“Young people have more time to weather the ups and downs of the stock market.”
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“The best place to start for the young person or any person is an asset allocation mutual fund.”
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Schwab Pomerantz discusses compound growth and how a dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow.
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“25 years ago it was efficient to know how to balance your cheque book or how to manage a savings account, but today and Americans are having to navigate through […]
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“It is about how to budget your money and live within your means, it is about saving a certain portion of your income for your entire life.”
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April is Financial Literacy month, “because it is an issue that we need to create more awareness and more ownership for within the family and within the workplace.”