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The SDBA Indicators Report provides insight into PCRA users’ perceptions of the markets and the investment decisions they make.ĭata contained in this quarterly report is from the first quarter of 2022, and can be found here, along with prior reports.Īt Charles Schwab we believe in the power of investing to help individuals create a better tomorrow. The SDBA Indicators Report tracks a wide variety of investment activity and profile information on participants with a Schwab Personal Choice Retirement Account (PCRA), ranging from asset allocation trends and asset flow in various equity, exchange-traded fund and mutual fund categories, to age trends and trading activity.

Data is extracted quarterly on all accounts that are open as of quarter-end and meet the balance criteria. The SDBA Indicators Report includes data collected from approximately 181,000 retirement plan participants who currently have balances between $5,000 and $10 million in their Schwab Personal Choice Retirement Account®. On average, participants held 12.5 positions in their SDBAs at the end of Q1 2022, consistent with the prior quarter and up slightly from 12.2 at the end of Q1 2021. Trading volumes decreased significantly from one year ago, down to 13.7 trades from 19.6 in Q1 of 2021, and are up slightly from Q4 of 2021 (13.3). Gen X made up 45.5% of SDBA participants, followed by Baby Boomers (30.0%) and Millennials (18.9%).īaby Boomers had the highest SDBA balances at an average of $520,616, followed by Gen X at $299,520 and Millennials at $102,113. Gen X had the most advised accounts at 49.6%, followed by Baby Boomers (32.5%) and Millennials (14.9%). fixed income (12.6%) and international equity (12.4%).Īdvised accounts held higher average account balances compared to non-advised accounts, $525,254 vs.

Participant holdings remained similar to the prior quarter, with a slight increase in cash. Despite market turbulence, participants did not make significant changes to their investments during this period. The first quarter SDBA Indicators align with the performance of volatile equity and bond markets where the combination of a pivoting Federal Reserve and conflict in Ukraine drove volatility up and equity prices down globally. SDBAs are brokerage accounts within retirement plans, including 401(k)s and other types of retirement plans, that participants can use to invest retirement savings in individual stocks and bonds, as well as exchange-traded funds, mutual funds and other securities that are not part of their retirement plan's core investment offerings. According to Charles Schwab’s SDBA Indicators Report, an industry-leading benchmark on retirement plan participant investment activity within self-directed brokerage accounts (SDBAs), the average account balance across all participant accounts finished Q1 2022 at $332,017, a 0.51% decrease year-over-year and a 6.25% decrease from Q4 2021.
