diversified portfolio Archives | Wealthfront Blog Personal Finance & Investing Insights Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:32:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-wave-logo-transparent-hi-res-500x500.png diversified portfolio Archives | Wealthfront Blog 32 32 Sound Investing When Markets Are in Turmoil https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/sound-investing-when-markets-are-in-turmoil-2/ Mon, 26 Aug 2019 22:08:53 +0000 //wealthfront.x5view.co/?p=9442 What should you do when market volatility has you doubting your investment strategy? No worries — Wealthfront Chief Investment Officer Burt Malkiel has clear advice.

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]]> Sound Investing When Markets Are in Turmoil https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/sound-investing-when-markets-are-in-turmoil/ Thu, 29 Nov 2018 19:12:53 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=9442 What should you do when market volatility has you doubting your investment strategy? No worries — Wealthfront Chief Investment Officer Burt Malkiel has clear advice.

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]]> Global Diversification: Why You Should Invest in Foreign and Emerging Markets https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/global-diversification-invest-foreign-emerging-markets/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 14:00:55 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=9130 Investing in global markets actually makes investing less risky and uncertain because no one can accurately predict which asset classes will perform the best at any given time. In this post, we’ll talk about getting over the “home bias” hump so you can take advantage of foreign and emerging markets.

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]]> How to Think About Long-Term Investing https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/think-long-term-investing/ Wed, 25 Oct 2017 19:06:05 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=8084 At Wealthfront we try to make it very clear that our investment approach is only appropriate for the long term. This often raises the question: How long is “long term”? To us long-term investing implies at least five years. With this post we will explain why we chose that number, as well as what you […]

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]]> Buying on the Dip https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/buying-dip/ Wed, 04 Oct 2017 21:19:48 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=7900 Over the past five years we have written numerous posts to try to convince our readers that timing the market doesn’t make sense. We’ve provided data that proves the average retail investor loses a significant amount of money from doing what feels right: buying when the market rises and selling when it declines. The good […]

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]]> What Should the Investor Do About The Bond Market? https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/investor-bond-market/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 16:50:07 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=5503 Professional investment advisors as well as academic financial economists have traditionally advised investors to hold widely diversified portfolios. Indeed diversification has often been called “the only free lunch” available to investors. Broad diversification is recommended to provide investors with a reasonably secure rate of return while containing portfolio risk. Diversified portfolios have normally included some […]

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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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]]> 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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]]> What Role Should Bonds Play in Your Investment Portfolio? https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/role-bonds-play-investment-portfolio/ Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:47:58 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4430 According to a recent report by the Bank of International Settlements the amount of global debt passed an ignominious milestone last year, rising from $70 trillion in mid-2007 to over $100 trillion by the middle of 2013. Global borrowing has soared since the financial crisis as central banks suppress interest rates to spur growth and […]

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]]> Sacrifice of the Bondholders https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/bond-diversification-alternatives/ Thu, 16 May 2013 19:22:03 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=3910 Investors throughout the world have been flocking to so-called “safe havens.“ The 10-year U.S. Treasury Bond has recently been trading at a yield between 1.5% and 2%. Short-term U.S. Treasury interest rates are near zero. Even if inflation stays at a 2% rate over the next decade[1], U.S. bonds will be a sure loser, providing […]

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