Adam Nash | Wealthfront Blog https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/author/adamnash/ Personal Finance & Investing Insights Wed, 12 Jan 2022 01:12:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-wave-logo-transparent-hi-res-500x500.png Adam Nash | Wealthfront Blog https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/author/adamnash/ 32 32 Introducing Wealthfront 3.0 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/introducing-new-dashboard/ Thu, 31 Mar 2016 18:00:42 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=5488 Note: Wealthfront’s Stock-level Tax-Loss Harvesting is now called US Direct Indexing. When we launched Wealthfront in December 2011, the idea behind our first generation service was simple: take the best practices of investment management like diversification, rebalancing, dividend reinvestment and tax-loss harvesting, and automate them so investors could get these benefits without the high fees […]

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]]> The Personal Economics That Drive Services Like eBay & Airbnb https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/personal-economics-airbnb/ Wed, 02 Dec 2015 17:25:45 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=5305 As a Product Manager at eBay in 2004, I had the opportunity to fly to New Orleans for my first eBay Live in June of that year. Over 10,000 eBay fans, mostly part-time sellers, gathered together to discuss, debate and learn about new features that the eBay platform offered them. I’ll never forget that experience, […]

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]]> Be Smart About Your 529 Plan Beneficiary and Save More for College https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/smart-529-plan-beneficiary-save-college/ Wed, 12 Aug 2015 16:45:55 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=5210 Update: Please see our 529 page. For many people who are considering having children or already have started a family, the prospect of saving for college can be daunting. Rapidly rising tuition and related costs create the impression of a seemingly insurmountable savings goal. In the past, Wealthfront has written posts to help its clients […]

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]]> The Fight for a Fiduciary Standard https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/fiduciary-standard-washington-dc/ Thu, 14 May 2015 19:44:58 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=5132 Wealthfront was founded on a simple vision: that every investor, large and small, deserves sophisticated financial advice. And contrary to a large majority of the industry, we always put our clients first. A teacher making $50,000 a year deserves the same high-quality investment service as an institution managing $500 million. It’s why I signed up […]

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]]> Two Billion Reasons to Believe https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/two-billion-reasons-to-believe/ Tue, 03 Mar 2015 02:19:30 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=5014 “A revolution is coming — a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough — But a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character; we cannot alter its inevitability.”           […]

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]]> Happy Holidays from Wealthfront https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/happy-holidays-from-wealthfront-2014/ Tue, 23 Dec 2014 17:51:53 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4903 At Wealthfront, we believe our clients are our one true north. And while we work to make our service better every day, it feels only right this time of year to take a moment to just say thank you. 2014 has been a momentous year for Wealthfront, and we know our success stems directly from […]

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]]> Why You Shouldn’t Just Invest in the S&P 500 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/why-you-shouldnt-just-invest-in-sp-500/ Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:53:57 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4862 Diversification matters. Diversification is the key to long-term investment success because it can insulate you, to some extent, from losses. If you feel insulated, you are more likely to stay invested and keep investing through market volatility. Being properly diversified also enables the actions that help you during market corrections: rebalancing and tax-loss harvesting. Investors […]

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]]> The $7 Trillion Opportunity https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wealthfront-announces-financing-7-trillion/ Tue, 28 Oct 2014 14:30:20 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4827 The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” — Alan Kay We are on the cusp of a momentous inflection point in finance. For the first time in decades, two titanic demographic shifts are happening in the United States simultaneously. The Baby Boom generation, the 78 million Americans born after WWII, have finally […]

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]]> Happy Birthday, Tax-Loss Harvesting https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/tax-loss-harvesting-improvements-intelligent-recovery-predictive-deposits/ Thu, 16 Oct 2014 20:00:25 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4812 Note: Wealthfront’s Stock-level Tax-Loss Harvesting is now called US Direct Indexing. Back in October 2012, Wealthfront became the first automated investment service to introduce tax-loss harvesting. While tax-loss harvesting has been around for a long time, it traditionally has only been offered to the ultra-wealthy and it was almost always done just once a year […]

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]]> Introducing Wealthfront for the Workplace https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wealthfront-workplace/ Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:10:51 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4608 Financial benefits in the workplace have become a hot topic with leading professionals in human resources, and for good reason. Increasingly, companies that focus on attracting and retaining top talent have spent significant time and resources to deeply understand all aspects of their employees’ workplace experience. Simply put, financially healthy employees are more productive, engaged […]

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