The Charles Schwab Corporation Reports Monthly Activity Highlights SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE:SCH) Nasdaq released its Monthly Market Activity Report today. Company highlights for the month of January 2005 include: -- Net new assets brought to the Company by new and current clients in January 2005 totaled $4.0 billion. -- Total client assets were $1.068 trillion as of month-end January, up 8% from January 2004 and down 1% from December 2004. In comparison, the Schwab 1000 Index(R) was up 5% from January 2004 and down 3% from December 2004. -- Client daily average revenue trades were 185.9 thousand in January 2005, down 14% from January 2004 and down 1% from December 2004. Daily average trades through Schwab's Mutual Fund OneSource(R) service and other asset-based trades were 80.4 thousand in January 2005, up 1% from January 2004 and up 12% from December 2004. The Charles Schwab Corporation, through its operating subsidiaries, provides securities brokerage and financial services to individual investors and the independent investment advisors who work with them. With over 7 million individual investor accounts and more than $1 trillion in client assets, The Charles Schwab Corporation is one of the nation's largest financial services firms. Its subsidiary Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (member SIPC) provides a complete range of investment services and products, including an extensive selection of mutual funds; financial planning and investment advice; retirement plans; referrals to independent fee-based investment advisors; and custodial, operational and trading support for independent fee- based investment advisors. Its subsidiary Charles Schwab Bank (member FDIC) provides banking and mortgage services and products. The corporation's other operating subsidiaries include U.S. Trust Corporation (member FDIC) and CyberTrader(R), Inc. (member SIPC). These companies' Web sites can be reached at http://www.schwab.com/, http://www.schwabbank.com/, http://www.ustrust.com/, and http://www.cybertrader.com/. DATASOURCE: Charles Schwab CONTACT: Media: Greg Gable, +1-415-636-5847, or Investors/Analysts: Rich Fowler, +1-415-636-9869, both of Charles Schwab Web site: http://www.schwab.com/

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