Dan Ariely Archives | Wealthfront Blog Personal Finance & Investing Insights Wed, 12 Jan 2022 01:12:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-wave-logo-transparent-hi-res-500x500.png Dan Ariely Archives | Wealthfront Blog 32 32 Beware Rising Investment Advisor Fees https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/increased-financial-investment-advisor-fees/ Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:48:07 +0000 /blog/?p=1663 A few weeks ago, Wealthfront’s VP of Research, Jeff Rosenberger, PhD, clipped a story from an industry trade magazine, titled Five Ways for Financial Advisors To Raise Fees, and hung it up in Wealthfront’s Palo Alto office. We have to admit, it was subject to grafitti. Our team found the article funny. We were in the midst […]

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Dumbed-Down Diversification From The NY Times https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/friday-reads-dumbeddown-diversification-ny-times/ Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:19:05 +0000 /blog/?p=1367 Carl Richards, who writes the Bucks blog for The New York Times, wrote a piece illustrating the power of diversification in a portfolio. Unfortunately, he didn’t go far enough with his definition of diversity. We agree that diversification reduces risk, as he writes here: “The magic of diversification is that you can take two individual […]

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Friday Reads: Famed Behavioral Economist Dan Ariely Takes A Swipe At Advisors https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/friday-reads-famed-behavioral-economist-dan-ariely-takes-swipe-investment-advisors/ Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:52:11 +0000 /blog/?p=1326 Author and behavioral economist Dan Ariely says investment advisors ask the wrong questions and generally aren’t worth the high fees that they charge. The two questions that advisors ask, he says, are: How much of your current salary will you need in retirement? and What is your risk attitude on a seven-point scale? “From my […]

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