Elizabeth MacBride | Wealthfront Blog https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/author/elizabeth-macbride/ Personal Finance & Investing Insights Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:50:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-wave-logo-transparent-hi-res-500x500.png Elizabeth MacBride | Wealthfront Blog https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/author/elizabeth-macbride/ 32 32 Trust and Mission: A Talk With Charley Ellis https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/trust-and-mission-a-conversation-with-charley-ellis/ Tue, 23 Jul 2013 17:17:56 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=3978 Charley Ellis, the newest member of Wealthfront’s investment advisory board, has been a clarion voice over a long, distinguished career for high-quality, low-cost investing and for the rights of individual investors. His expertise has placed him at the highest level of the investing world. A consultant to the biggest investment management firms, he is a […]

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]]> Burt Malkiel’s Rule for Young Investors: Save Regularly https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/young-investors-timing-market/ Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:39:21 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=3870 Wealthfront CIO and Princeton emeritus economics professor Burt Malkiel sat down with us a few weeks ago to talk about two of his favorite topics: perseverance and patience. In other words, invest regularly, and stay invested. Burt cites a famous essay by Warren Buffett. Buffett uses it in part to explain his practice of placing […]

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]]> Burton Malkiel Joins Wealthfront As CIO https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/burton-malkiel-joins-wealthfront-as-cio/ Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:30:18 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=3448 We’re honored to announce that famed economist Burton Malkiel, who helped launch the low-cost investing revolution with A Random Walk Down Wall Street, has joined Wealthfront as our Chief Investment Officer. Dr. Malkiel is one of the most important public voices in investment management and a leading light in the index investing movement. He’s an […]

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]]> Advice On Angel Investing … and Other Advice, Too https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/startup-angel-investment-silicon-valley/ Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:09:15 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=3375 Everywhere I go in Silicon Valley I hear people discussing their angel investments. The conversations remind me of fish stories. People love recounting the one time they caught a big fish, not the many futile hours they spent waiting for a bite. That’s how Andy Rachleff, Wealthfront’s president & CEO, began a recent post on […]

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]]> Managing A Silicon Valley Windfall https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/silicon-valley-new-rich-financial-planning/ Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:14:06 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=3336 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 Sudden money – such as comes with an IPO or an acquisition – is a good thing, right? Yes, but it’s often accompanied by stress. People […]

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]]> Why Critics Of Modern Portfolio Theory Are Wrong https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/modern-portfolio-theory-criticism/ Tue, 14 Aug 2012 03:29:56 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=3196 On Saturday, TechCrunch published Is Modern Portfolio Theory Dead? Come On. by Wealthfront advisor Paul Pfleiderer. Professor Pfleiderer, the C.O.G. Miller Distinguished Professor of Finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and co-founder of Quantal International, takes on critics of Modern Portfolio Theory in the article. Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT), which won a Nobel […]

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]]> The IPO Millionaire Machine https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/silicon-valley-millionaire-economy-impact/ Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:17:22 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=3090 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 The New York Times Bits blog writer Quentin Hardy recently interviewed Wealthfront CEO Andy Rachleff on the question of how many people – regular people, not executives […]

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]]> What To Do When Your Stock Lockup Ends https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/ipo-lock-up-effect-on-stock-prices/ Thu, 10 May 2012 19:07:40 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=2125 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 A flood tide of shares is hitting the market in May and June, as a number of the high-profile tech IPOs from the fall emerge from […]

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]]> Think Bigger. Think IPO. https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/why-companies-should-go-public/ Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:19:11 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=2050 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 We’re still basking in the memories of last night’s Think Bigger. Think IPO. conference. More than 100 founders and CEOs came to the Rosewood Sand Hill […]

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]]> Tech Recruiting: The Winning Pony On A Design Ad https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/silicon-valley-designer-talent/ Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:29:34 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=1938 Graphic Designer Wanted Like many companies here in the Valley, Wealthfront is seeking, in the words of our latest advertisement, a designer to help “mold the aesthetic heart of the company and all its expressions.” Designers are in short supply here – as you probably know. This Quora thread details some of the reasons: Design […]

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