A study by the Charles Schwab Corporation indicates that retail investors want more information about the bonds they invest in, specifically, the base price of bonds and the amount of the markup by brokers. Andrew Osterland’s recent InvestmentNews article entitled “Bond buyers in the dark about broker markups ? and not happy about it” discusses this study. Schwab arranged for the study in connection with promoting its BondSource platform. It reportedly provides access to new bond issues from more than 200 dealers, as well as in the secondary bond market, at a price of $1 per bond.