Walter “Walt” Bettinger, president and chief executive officer of Charles Schwab Corp., speaks during the 2015 Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco, California, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015.<\/p>\n
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Charles Schwab<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> CEO Walt Bettinger said Tuesday that retail investors using his brokerage platform are showing signs of bullishness on the stock market.<\/p>\n Bettinger revealed that Schwab clients have been adding equity exposure in the past few months. The volume of buy orders on Schwab’s platform is 20% higher than sell orders, showing investor optimism about the market, he added.<\/p>\n <\/img><\/p>\n <\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “What’s interesting about June is that, even as this cash realigning fell to the lowest level it’s been in many, many months, part of that was because clients are now moving back into the equity markets. So that’s a good thing,” Bettinger said on “Squawk on the Street<\/a>.”<\/p>\n “It’s clients simply moving into something in cash that pays higher yield. They’re back in the market. And we saw in the aggregate for the second quarter, buys were about 20% higher than sells. Our clients are showing some optimism,” he added.<\/p>\n The\u00a0S&P 500\u00a0has jumped more than 18% this year after scoring its best first half since 2019.<\/p>\nrelated investing news<\/h2>\n