path Archives | Wealthfront Blog Personal Finance & Investing Insights Wed, 12 Jan 2022 01:12:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-wave-logo-transparent-hi-res-500x500.png path Archives | Wealthfront Blog 32 32 Buying A Home By Yourself: What You Need To Know https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/buying-a-home-by-yourself/ Wed, 08 May 2019 16:32:06 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=10391 There's no good reason to wait for a partner when you want to start investing in your future now, but there's a lot you need to know about going it alone.

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]]> 6 Conversations Every Couple Absolutely Must Have Before Buying a Home https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/6-conversations-every-couple-absolutely-must-have-before-buying-a-home/ Tue, 07 May 2019 13:00:43 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=10342 While you’re letting your nesting fantasies run wild, make sure you and your partner are also being duly diligent by collaboratively answering these six important questions.

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]]> Introducing Free Financial Planning https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/introducing-free-financial-planning/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 13:51:13 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=9473 Wealthfront was founded with an audacious mission: to make sophisticated financial advice available to everyone. Over the past few years, we’ve built powerful and low-cost automated solutions that help our clients invest their money and meet their financial goals. Today, we’re excited to take a huge leap toward realizing our mission by launching free financial […]

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]]> How Automating Financial Advice Leads to Better Outcomes https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/2018-wealthfront-financial-planning-savings-report-automating-financial-advice/ Wed, 03 Oct 2018 15:17:24 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=9286 Wealthfront believes automating financial advice will lead to better outcomes. Our 2018 Financial Planning & Savings report shows how regular engagement with Path, our financial advice engine, correlates to an increase in a client's savings rate from 18.6% to 23.7% -- nearly a 28% increase in savings.

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]]> Oh, the Places You’ll Go! https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/time-off-travel/ Wed, 25 Jul 2018 16:58:47 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=8924 Get a job, work there for a few decades, retire at 62 and then reward yourself with travel. Does that sound like you? Didn’t think so. We believe you should live the life you want, not what others deem to be appropriate. Your job is to imagine the possibilities of your life, and our job […]

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]]> A Parent’s Perspective on Planning for College https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/a-parents-perspective-on-planning-for-college/ Tue, 29 May 2018 20:09:34 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=8836 Today is 529 Day. That might sound like a corny thing to get excited about, but as a dad it makes me think about my kids. Like any parent, all I want the very best for my nine year old girls. While college seems far away, I’ve always imagined them picking a school that will […]

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]]> Til Debt Do Us Part? https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/til-debt-do-us-part/ Thu, 24 May 2018 20:00:37 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=8827 As spring starts to wind down, a new season is getting ready to take over: wedding season. Couples all over are busy preparing for their big day, and the over $72 billion dollar U.S. wedding industry is expecting a major windfall starting in June and extending through October. Fall weddings are a rising trend, as […]

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]]> An Upgraded Path to College https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/an-upgraded-path-to-college/ Wed, 02 May 2018 16:00:41 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=8724 Last year, we added the ability for our clients with a 529 savings account to build a savings plan for their child’s future college expenses. We’ve spent time improving the service, so today we’re excited to open this feature to all clients – not just those with a 529 account! Whether you’re planning for the awesome kid you […]

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]]> The Women of Wealthfront: Apeksha Garga https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/women-wealthfront-apeksha-garga/ Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:59:22 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=8549 On March 8th we kicked off Women’s History Month by profiling some of our most unique women clients. As part of our month-long celebration we now want to highlight a few of our talented women executives at Wealthfront — all outstanding leaders who, like our clients, have taken an unconventional path to get to where […]

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]]> A 401(k) Won’t Get You There https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/8511-2/ Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:27:13 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=8511 There are a ton of misconceptions on the best way to find financial security, but there is one in particular that kills me every time I hear it: “I have a 401(k) and my company matches it so I’m good, right?” Wrong! I can’t fault people for thinking this -- it’s been ingrained into our generation.

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