three dimensions of diversification Archives | Wealthfront Blog Personal Finance & Investing Insights Thu, 09 May 2024 20:11:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-wave-logo-transparent-hi-res-500x500.png three dimensions of diversification Archives | Wealthfront Blog 32 32 How and Why to Diversify Your Portfolio https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/what-is-diversification/ Thu, 09 May 2024 17:58:54 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=13542 Diversification is the practice of buying a variety of different investments with the goal of balancing risk and reward in your portfolio. A well-diversified portfolio can help you maximize your expected returns without taking on unnecessary or unwanted risk. This is known as improving your “risk-adjusted returns.” You can think of diversification as a way […]

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]]> Why You Shouldn’t Just Invest in the S&P 500 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/why-you-shouldnt-just-invest-in-sp-500/ Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:53:57 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4862 Diversification matters. Diversification is the key to long-term investment success because it can insulate you, to some extent, from losses. If you feel insulated, you are more likely to stay invested and keep investing through market volatility. Being properly diversified also enables the actions that help you during market corrections: rebalancing and tax-loss harvesting. Investors […]

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