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Why Risk Tolerance Matters

Elizabeth MacBride and Andy Rachleff — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:13:28 +0000

Every year, a top-notch research firm called DALBAR releases a study that shows that the average mutual fund investor underperforms the market, often by a lot. Last year, the difference between the average mutual fund investor and the market was nearly 8 percentage points.[1] Why the difference? People are making the classic investing mistake of […]

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Winning VC Strategies To Help You Sell Tech IPO Stock

Elizabeth MacBride, Andy Rachleff, Qian Liu, PhD — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:03:36 +0000

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 It’s well known that 20% of venture capitalists’ portfolio companies generate 80% of their returns. What most people don’t realize is the same 80/20 ratio holds true for […]

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What To Do When Your Stock Lockup Ends

Elizabeth MacBride — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:07:40 +0000

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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Real Data-Based Guidance On Selling Stock Post-IPO

Elizabeth MacBride, Andy Rachleff, Qian Liu, PhD — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:18:36 +0000

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 Today, we’re releasing an analysis that suggests employees in IPO companies making decisions about how and when to diversify their portfolios should take into account whether […]

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Wealthfront Conference: Think Bigger. Think IPO.

Julia Barrett — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:23:11 +0000

Do these ideas seem familiar? It’s harder than ever to have a technology IPO. Private markets are removing the need for IPOs. Only big companies can go public now because of the high costs. The media is filled with misperceptions and oversimplifications about IPOs. On April 4, from 4-6 p.m. at the Rosewood Sand Hill, […]

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Move Over Man Bacon, Let The Women Investors Sizzle

Elizabeth MacBride — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:24:28 +0000

As we’ve written before, research suggests that women tend to be better investors than men, because they trade less often and take fewer risks. But women are prone to one big mistake: They don’t participate enough in the market. If you tie up your money in cash instead of a diversified portfolio, your returns will […]

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After The Year Of The Yo-Yo

Elizabeth MacBride — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:43:01 +0000

James Surowiecki wrote this week about the effect of the volatile market on investors. In a New Yorker article titled Year of the Yo-Yo, he said investors are abandoning the stock market after a year in which they were whipsawed by the volatility. This flight from stocks is probably not a good thing for people’s […]

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