Burt Malkiel Archives | Wealthfront Blog Personal Finance & Investing Insights Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:03:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-wave-logo-transparent-hi-res-500x500.png Burt Malkiel Archives | Wealthfront Blog 32 32 Why You Should Keep Investing When the Market Is Volatile https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/invest-despite-volatility-2-2/ Thu, 03 Feb 2022 21:06:43 +0000 //wealthfront.x5view.co/?p=4842 When markets are volatile (as they are right now), investors sometimes get uncomfortable. When your portfolio temporarily loses value, it can be very tempting to try and minimize your losses by stopping your regular investment account deposits. Unfortunately, when it comes to investing in a volatile market, what feels right is often wrong. In this […]

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]]> The Myth of the Passive Investing Bubble https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/the-myth-of-the-passive-investing-bubble/ Wed, 18 Sep 2019 23:06:11 +0000 //wealthfront.x5view.co/?p=10949 Last week Bloomberg reported that the aggregate assets invested in index-based funds surpassed actively managed equity funds for the first time. This comes as no surprise to those of us who have long been promoting the merits of passive investing. Nor did it surprise us when active managers began beating the drum warning of the […]

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]]> Sound Investing When Markets Are in Turmoil https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/sound-investing-when-markets-are-in-turmoil-2/ Mon, 26 Aug 2019 22:08:53 +0000 //wealthfront.x5view.co/?p=9442 What should you do when market volatility has you doubting your investment strategy? No worries — Wealthfront Chief Investment Officer Burt Malkiel has clear advice.

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]]> Sound Investing When Markets Are in Turmoil https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/sound-investing-when-markets-are-in-turmoil/ Thu, 29 Nov 2018 19:12:53 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=9442 What should you do when market volatility has you doubting your investment strategy? No worries — Wealthfront Chief Investment Officer Burt Malkiel has clear advice.

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]]> Following the Rules https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/following-rules/ Thu, 18 Jan 2018 19:14:24 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=8311 Note: Wealthfront’s Stock-level Tax-Loss Harvesting is now called US Direct Indexing. There’s not much debate that computers are better at routine tasks than people. But most people don’t realize that good investing is incredibly routine. And by routine I mean rules-based. Time and time again academic research has shown that rules-based approaches outperform judgment-based approaches […]

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]]> Is Indexing Worse Than Marxism? https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/indexing-worse-than-marxism/ Tue, 22 Nov 2016 04:07:16 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=7094 Index funds have always been ridiculed by active mutual-fund managers.  Two recent events have fueled a new set of criticisms.  The mid-year 2016 Standard and Poor’s report on index fund performance showed that the superiority of low-cost indexing, whether in the form of mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs), has increased over time.  Over the […]

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]]> What Should the Investor Do About The Bond Market? https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/investor-bond-market/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 16:50:07 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=5503 Professional investment advisors as well as academic financial economists have traditionally advised investors to hold widely diversified portfolios. Indeed diversification has often been called “the only free lunch” available to investors. Broad diversification is recommended to provide investors with a reasonably secure rate of return while containing portfolio risk. Diversified portfolios have normally included some […]

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]]> What You Should Do in Volatile and Uncertain Markets https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/volatile-uncertain-markets/ Mon, 24 Aug 2015 18:54:10 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=5214 World stock markets have been extremely volatile in 2015. Returns since the start of the year have been negative and the markets have recently experienced a major correction. Returns from fixed income investments have also been unusually low. The reaction of many investors to these market conditions has been to run to the sidelines and […]

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]]> Why Did Wealthfront Hire A Deeply Experienced Research Team? https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wealthfront-hire-research-team/ Thu, 21 May 2015 17:05:58 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=5143 Note: Wealthfront’s Stock-level Tax-Loss Harvesting is now called US Direct Indexing. Readers of our blog know we are big advocates of passive investing. We believe that buying a broadly diversified portfolio and running it at extraordinarily low costs is the foundation of any sound investment strategy. Given how simple our approach is, you might ask […]

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]]> How Much Should We Invest in Emerging Markets? https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/emerging-markets/ Tue, 14 Apr 2015 17:30:49 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=5098 One of the most enduring and best-documented behavioral biases in investing is called “The Home Country Bias.” Despite the availability of well-regarded and highly profitable corporations located throughout the world, investors tend to limit their investments to those companies domiciled in their own country. At one time, a survey of institutional investors in France found […]

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