S&P 500 Archives | Wealthfront Blog Personal Finance & Investing Insights Wed, 12 Jan 2022 01:12:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-wave-logo-transparent-hi-res-500x500.png S&P 500 Archives | Wealthfront Blog 32 32 Why You Should Expect More Market Volatility https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/why-you-should-expect-more-market-volatility/ Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:51:21 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=12978 The past two months have been tumultuous for investors. As COVID-19 has spread, global markets have been extremely volatile. In mid-February, the S&P 500 was at an all-time high. In the weeks since February 19, we’ve experienced both the index’s fastest decline (33.9% in a little over a month) and its best three-day period since […]

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]]> When to Sell Your Employee Stock? https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/sell-employee-stock/ Thu, 14 Jun 2018 19:00:31 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=7175 Editor’s note: Interested in learning more about equity compensation, the best time to exercise options, and the right company stock selling strategies? Read our Guide to Equity & IPOs As the end of June approaches and the second quarter of business wraps up, many employees of publicly traded companies begin to struggle with deciding when […]

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]]> Stock Market Corrections: Not As Scary As You Think https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/stock-market-corrections-not-as-scary-as-you-think/ Fri, 11 May 2018 19:39:57 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=8750 For individual investors, 2017 was a dream. However, 2018 has been a different story. After a record setting start to the year, the tides turned quickly on the unprecedented market run. During a short 13 day window from late January and early February the Dow and S&P 500 tumbled into official correction territory, marking the […]

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]]> Battle of Passive Investing https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/battle-passive-investing/ Tue, 10 Oct 2017 19:05:06 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=7915 Over the years there have been a number of highly contested battles — Coke vs. Pepsi, Lakers vs. Celtics, Ali vs. Frazier. In the world of investing, there’s also heated rivalry: active vs. passive. Recently passive investing has gotten some extra muscle thanks to its newest champion: billionaire investor Warren Buffett. A decade ago Buffett, […]

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]]> Playing the Real Estate Game (part 2) https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/playing-real-estate-game-part-2/ Wed, 13 Sep 2017 18:08:19 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=7835 In last week’s post we provided the logic for why you should not try to invest in individual real estate properties (beyond your home) or try to pick which real estate market is likely to outperform the real estate market. This week we’ll explain how real estate as an asset class compares to alternative investments, specifically stocks. 

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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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