long-term investing Archives | Wealthfront Blog Personal Finance & Investing Insights Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:05:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-wave-logo-transparent-hi-res-500x500.png long-term investing Archives | Wealthfront Blog 32 32 How Should I Save for Short-Term vs. Long-Term Goals? https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/short-term-long-term-savings/ Mon, 09 Oct 2023 23:33:06 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=13817 When you think about your financial future, you probably have three kinds of goals: short-term goals, like a vacation you plan to take later this year, near-term goals, like a down payment for a house, and long-term goals, like sending a child to college or retiring. In order to give yourself the best chance of […]

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]]> Should You Change Your Investment Strategy Because of COVID-19? https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/should-you-change-your-investment-strategy-because-of-covid-19/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 15:04:30 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=12630 There’s no doubt that these are unusual times. The coronavirus COVID-19 has been spreading across the globe and the markets have reacted with more volatility than usual. Last week, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates ahead of their scheduled meeting in mid-March, and some companies have revised their earnings outlooks because of concerns about their […]

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]]> 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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]]> 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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]]> Staying Cool During Dow Fever https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/staying-cool-dow-fever/ Wed, 09 Aug 2017 18:32:14 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=7713 Editor’s Note: This post is based on an original post by Andy Rachleff, published on the Wealthfront blog on July 22, 2015. We update it periodically with refreshed data to remind you that slow and steady wins the race. We’ve recently seen a series of triumphant days on Wall Street, and the media headlines created […]

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]]> 10 Things To Know About Tax-Loss Harvesting https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/10-things-about-tax-loss-harvesting/ Sat, 28 Jan 2017 15:30:44 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=5071 For decades tax-loss harvesting was an obscure tool used to minimize taxes that was only available to the ultra wealthy. That all changed when Wealthfront launched its tax-loss harvesting service in October 2012.  Many pundits and industry professionals who were unfamiliar with its benefits thought it couldn’t add much value. One of our competitors even […]

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]]> Our Advice After Election Night https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/advice-after-election/ Wed, 09 Nov 2016 15:00:03 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=7081 Last night’s election results came a shock to many people. If the past is any predictor of the future, I would expect a lot of our clients to feel incredibly unsettled as a result. The situation reminds me a lot of what happened immediately after the Brexit vote. Most people have forgotten that the FTSE […]

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]]> What Brexit Can Teach Us About Investing https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/brexit-and-investing/ Fri, 24 Jun 2016 21:24:30 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=5588 This post is based on an original post by Andy Rachleff, published on the Wealthfront blog on July 22, 2015. It has been updated based on the recent referendum in the United Kingdom. Over the last few weeks, the financial news has been filled with predictions of what might occur based on the recent referendum […]

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]]> 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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