The quote I clipped was worded rather strangely... I believe he's indicating that Charles Schwab of Charles Schwab Corporation is the discount broker's grandfather... Not the Charles Schwab of Carnegie.
So my off the cuff yes was incorrect. Leigh On Dec 29, 2007 4:49 PM, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Me: > >>> Charles Schwab? is there any connection with the discount broker? > > Leigh Meyers wrote: > >> Yes. > > Michael Perelman wrote: > > I don't think so. > > from Wikipedia: > >Charles Michael Schwab (February 18, 1862 in Williamsburg, > Pennsylvania - October 18, 1939 in London, England) was an American > industrialist who became a multimillionaire in the steel industry but > died bankrupt.... > > >He was not related to Charles R. Schwab, founder of the Charles > Schwab Corporation. However, according to John Rothchild's The Bear > Book - Survive and Profit in Ferocious Markets, this Charles Schwab is > the grandfather of Charles R. Schwab the discount broker.< > > the Rothchild book sounds like a bogus source. > > -- > Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own > way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. >
