time-weighted return Archives | Wealthfront Blog Personal Finance & Investing Insights Thu, 19 Oct 2023 21:47:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-wave-logo-transparent-hi-res-500x500.png time-weighted return Archives | Wealthfront Blog 32 32 What’s Your Investment Return? 4 Answers to a Simple Question https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/whats-your-investment-return/ Mon, 21 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=14085 “What’s your investment return?” It’s a simple question, but there are multiple ways to answer it. That’s because there are four primary methods of calculating investment return. They are: Each method was created to measure a particular aspect of an investment’s performance. You might assume they’re all closely related (after all, they all have the […]

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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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]]> Tech IPOs, a Good Investment or Not? https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/tech-ipos-good-investment/ Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:30:20 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4514 A number of potential clients have asked what returns they might expect from the average IPO. To determine the return of the average IPO we thought it might make more sense to look at a portfolio of all tech IPOs and compare it to the S&P 500, as well as a typical diversified portfolio. Our […]

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