active investing Archives | Wealthfront Blog Personal Finance & Investing Insights Wed, 12 Jan 2022 01:12:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-wave-logo-transparent-hi-res-500x500.png active investing Archives | Wealthfront Blog 32 32 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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]]> The Tyranny of Compounding Costs https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/tyranny-compounding-costs/ Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:10:12 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=7200 Fees compound over time, just like investment returns. But rather than push the value of portfolios higher over the long run, fees do the exact opposite. They eat away at the value of your portfolio. John Bogle, the founder and former CEO of Vanguard, referred to this as “the tyranny of compounding costs.”  In some […]

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