benchmarks Archives | Wealthfront Blog Personal Finance & Investing Insights Wed, 12 Jan 2022 01:12:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-wave-logo-transparent-hi-res-500x500.png benchmarks Archives | Wealthfront Blog 32 32 The Right Way and the Wrong Way to Benchmark a Diversified Portfolio https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/benchmark-diversified-portfolio/ Fri, 29 Jul 2016 18:29:30 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=6902 One of the biggest challenges for an investor is to determine how well her diversified portfolio is performing. The two most common benchmarks featured in published advice are: S&P 500 A 60/40 Stock/Bond portfolio Unfortunately, most published advice is incorrect. That’s because it usually encourages comparison to an irrelevant index or too generic of a […]

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