market timing Archives | Wealthfront Blog Personal Finance & Investing Insights Mon, 11 Mar 2024 22:18:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-wave-logo-transparent-hi-res-500x500.png market timing Archives | Wealthfront Blog 32 32 Why You Should Invest Even When the Market Is At an All-Time High https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/why-you-should-invest-even-when-the-market-is-at-an-all-time-high/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 22:17:42 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=12548 Whether you’re a new investor getting started for the first time or a seasoned investor looking to invest more, it can be tempting to wait for the “right time” to invest. And when the US stock market is at an all-time high (as it has been multiple times so far in early 2024) it might […]

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]]> Don’t Wait for a Market Decline To Invest https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/dont-wait-for-a-market-decline-to-invest/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 17:27:42 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=14768 Getting started with investing can seem intimidating, and we know many investors worry about jumping in when prices seem too high. Instead, many people hold onto cash and wait for a market downturn to start investing. Waiting for a market pullback might feel like the right thing to do, but it’s likely to lead to […]

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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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]]> When What Feels Right is Actually Wrong https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/feels-right-actually-wrong/ Wed, 30 Aug 2017 19:25:17 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=7766 Buying when the market rises and selling when it declines is human nature. It just feels like the right thing to do. But like most things related to investing, what feels right is the opposite of what you should do. So today I’ll use some data — and a little tough love — to prove […]

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]]> Don’t Do As I Do: Financial Advisers Edition https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/canadian-financial-advisers/ Wed, 08 Feb 2017 16:57:09 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=7405 Financial decisions are among life’s most complex decisions, which is why many people turn to professional financial advisers for help. While the profession has its supporters, it also has a large group of critics. Most of these critics argue that advisers don’t truly act in your best interest as true “fiduciaries,” but instead, will simply […]

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]]> Stay the Course, Even While You’re Down https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/keep-investing-even-while-down/ Mon, 06 Apr 2015 23:53:48 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=5080 When it comes to investing, doing the right thing is usually counter-intuitive. A prime example we’ve written about before is how investing in down-markets can actually prove advantageous. This is because down markets give investors an opportunity to purchase more than they would be able to afford in an up market (See Invest Despite Volatility). […]

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]]> Choosing Asset Classes Is Another Form of Market Timing https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/choosing-asset-classes-another-form-market-timing/ Tue, 06 Jan 2015 14:23:36 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4916 Any reader of our blog will know that we are not fans of market timing. As our CIO Burt Malkiel is fond of pointing out, research consistently proves it’s almost impossible to outperform the market by attempting to time it. Burt has won great acclaim since he first wrote about this phenomenon 40 years ago […]

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]]> The Right and Wrong Reasons to Change Your Risk Tolerance https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/right-and-wrong-reasons-to-change-risk-tolerance/ Fri, 05 Dec 2014 17:30:19 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4874 Our clients sometimes ask us how often they should change their risk tolerance score. The answer is: Not often. You won’t be surprised to find that the question comes up most frequently when the markets are either up big or down big. Human nature leads us to want to increase our risk tolerance when we […]

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]]> Too Much Liquidity Will Cost You Over the Long Run https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/much-liquidity-will-cost-long-run/ Wed, 30 Jul 2014 16:26:03 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4556 When it comes to investing the general belief is liquidity is a good thing. But is liquidity always a positive?  The answer is no. Fifty years of personal investing experience and as many years observing other investors, particularly those managing their own investments, have led me to conclude that too much liquidity has, in fact, […]

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