Fang Rui | Wealthfront Blog https://www.wealthfront.com/blog Personal Finance & Investing Insights Mon, 04 Nov 2024 18:43:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-wave-logo-transparent-hi-res-500x500.png Fang Rui | Wealthfront Blog https://www.wealthfront.com/blog 32 32 Wealthfront’s Portfolios Are Now Even More Tax-Optimized https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/2024-asset-allocation/ Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:54:38 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=17450 Wealthfront Advisers is a registered investment advisor, and that means we have a fiduciary duty to act in your best interest. As part of that commitment, we are always looking for opportunities to help you earn more and keep more. Today, we’re excited to announce we’re releasing updated asset allocations for all of our Automated […]

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]]> Ask Wealthfront: What Do I Need To Know About the Yield Curve? https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/ask-wealthfront-yield-curve/ Fri, 11 Oct 2024 20:50:54 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=17417 Welcome to our Ask Wealthfront series, where we tackle your questions about personal finance and investing. Want to see your question answered here? Reach out to us on social media and we’ll try to address it in a future column.  What do I actually need to know about the yield curve?  You’ve probably seen the […]

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]]> Bond Ladders: What You Need To Know https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/bond-ladders/ Thu, 11 Jul 2024 16:56:55 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=17248 Bond ladders may be a buzzy investment strategy at the moment, but they’re more than just a passing trend. Bond ladders are also a time-tested approach for investors who want to protect and grow a windfall or save for a future purchase. But what are bond ladders, and who can potentially benefit from using them?  […]

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]]> The Case for Investing in Foreign Stocks https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/case-for-foreign-stocks/ Wed, 29 May 2024 18:48:51 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=17181 Note: In November 2024, Wealthfront updated its asset allocations. This post has been updated to reflect those changes. You can read more here. US stocks are popular with investors, and it’s easy to understand why. As an asset class, US stocks have recently had several strong years, and they tend to dominate market news and […]

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]]> How and Why to Diversify Your Portfolio https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/what-is-diversification/ Thu, 09 May 2024 17:58:54 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=13542 Diversification is the practice of buying a variety of different investments with the goal of balancing risk and reward in your portfolio. A well-diversified portfolio can help you maximize your expected returns without taking on unnecessary or unwanted risk. This is known as improving your “risk-adjusted returns.” You can think of diversification as a way […]

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]]> How Wealthfront’s Tax-Loss Harvesting Performed in 2023 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/tax-loss-harvesting-results-2023/ Thu, 11 Apr 2024 16:45:57 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=17098 Wealthfront’s Tax-Loss Harvesting is designed to help lower your tax bill without any extra effort and at no additional cost. The strategy is so powerful that Wealthfront’s Chief Investment Officer Burton Malkiel called it “the only reliable way for investors to outperform the market, as it allows you to do so on an after-tax basis.”  […]

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]]> Why You Should Invest Even When the Market Is At an All-Time High https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/why-you-should-invest-even-when-the-market-is-at-an-all-time-high/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 22:17:42 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=12548 Whether you’re a new investor getting started for the first time or a seasoned investor looking to invest more, it can be tempting to wait for the “right time” to invest. And when the US stock market is at an all-time high (as it has been multiple times so far in early 2024) it might […]

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]]> The “January Barometer”: What You Need to Know https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/january-barometer/ Tue, 30 Jan 2024 21:31:09 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=17019 There’s a saying in investing: “As January goes, so goes the year.” Known as the “January barometer,” this adage suggests that the US stock market’s performance in January can help predict positive or negative returns for the remainder of the year. Specifically, if the US stock market has positive returns in January, the theory suggests […]

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]]> The Relationship Between Time Horizon and Investing Risk https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/risk-and-time-horizon/ Fri, 15 Dec 2023 21:41:38 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=16963 Risk is a fact of investing. Your willingness to take risk as an investor is a big part of why you can potentially earn returns that exceed what you’ll get for holding cash—this is known as the “equity risk premium.” Still, for some, the idea of investing risk is unnerving. The good news is that […]

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]]> Why Higher Interest Rates Shouldn’t Prevent You From Investing https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/invest-when-rates-rise/ Mon, 18 Sep 2023 16:58:21 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=16693 This year, interest rates reached their highest level since 2007 and are expected to stay relatively high through 2024. This higher-rate economic environment brings excitement but also confusion. You may be asking, “with all of the compelling ways to earn more on my savings, are equities worth the risk?” Thankfully, we have decades of data […]

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