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Following the Rules

Andy Rachleff — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 19:14:24 +0000

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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Why Do Vanguard ETFs Dominate Low-Cost Portfolios?

Andy Rachleff — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:00:13 +0000

The rise of exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, has been a critical factor in the rise of automated investment services like Wealthfront. ETFs are on average cheaper, more tradable and more tax-efficient than traditional index funds (see Why Index ETFs Are The Automated Investment of Choice). They allow everyday investors to access the same high quality […]

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Wealthfront Named ETF Strategist of the Year

Adam Nash — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 13:06:30 +0000

Today I am proud to announce that Wealthfront has been named the “ETF Strategist of the Year” by ETF.com (formerly IndexUniverse), the world’s leading authority on exchange-traded funds. We are especially gratified to be chosen for this award from among all investment management firms that use ETFs, not just new entrants. At Wealthfront, we strive […]

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Wall Street Ethics: The Vanguard Test

Elizabeth MacBride — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:38:02 +0000

Last week, Susanne Craig and Jessica Silver-Greenberg of The New York Times wrote a smoking-gun story about the lack of ethics at JPMorgan Chase. “[As JPMorgan Chase] became one of the nation’s largest mutual fund managers, some current and former brokers say it emphasized its sales over clients’ needs,” wrote the duo. This is a […]

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Are There Socially Conscious Ways To Invest?

The Wealthfront Team — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:27:24 +0000

If you have a question for The Upfront Blog, please leave it in our comments section, e-mail betsy@wealtfront.com or send it via our twitter feed: @wealthfront. Are there socially conscious ways to invest? -Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke, 26 The short answer is yes. But before you decide to practice socially responsible investing, you should carefully consider what […]

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John Bogle Says Invest, But Tamp Down Expectations

Elizabeth MacBride — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:13:04 +0000

In a Wall Street Journal interview, John Bogle, the famous founder of Vanguard Group, said he expects stocks to return an average annual return, including dividends, of about 7% over the next decade. (It’s truly time for people who came of age as investors during the 1990s to let go of that halcyon time of […]

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How To Tell If Your Advisor Eats His Own Cooking And What John Bogle Has To Say About It

Jeff Rosenberger, PhD — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:21:26 +0000

A recent study by research firm Morningstar Inc. found that just 40% of mutual fund managers were doing with their own money what they want you to do with yours: invest in their funds. After the report came out, the digital ink flowed on the question of whether mutual fund managers should “eat their own […]

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