Schwab, Fidelity, other online trading brokerages appear to go dark during huge market sell-off

FILE – A Fidelity Investments sign and logo are attached to the outside of a Fidelity Investments office, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, in Westwood, Massachusetts. Several online brokerage firms, including Charles Schwab, Fidelity and Vanguard, appeared to be offline to thousands of users Monday morning, Aug. 5, 2024, during one of the largest stock market selloffs of 2024. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)