Alex Michalka | Wealthfront Blog https://www.wealthfront.com/blog Personal Finance & Investing Insights Thu, 12 Jun 2025 23:18:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-wave-logo-transparent-hi-res-500x500.png Alex Michalka | Wealthfront Blog https://www.wealthfront.com/blog 32 32 May 2025 Market & Investor Trends https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/may-2025-trends/ Mon, 09 Jun 2025 16:29:08 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=17694 Something interesting happened in the US stock market in mid-May: Despite significant volatility this spring, on May 13, the broad US stock market (as represented by the Vanguard Total Stock Market index fund, VTI) returned to the same level where it started the year, and through June 4 it is up 1.22% year to date. […]

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]]> On Our Radar: Stagflation, Gold, and Foreign Stocks https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/stagflation-gold-foreign-stocks/ Fri, 23 May 2025 16:48:30 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=17676 So far, the US stock market has been less volatile in May than it was in April. If you’re one of the many people who find market volatility to be unnerving, this is probably a relief. But for investors who are following the headlines closely, there’s still a lot of information to sift through — […]

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]]> All About Wealthfront’s Investment Philosophy https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/investment-philosophy/ Thu, 15 May 2025 22:51:11 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=17669 Investing can feel complicated—it’s easy to go overboard reading market commentary, chasing stock tips, and listening to what your friends and family members are doing with their portfolios. But Wealthfront has always believed that the stress associated with investing is optional. We automate award-winning research (like Modern Portfolio Theory, which won a Nobel Prize in […]

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]]> The Stock Market Is Down—What Should I Do? https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/what-to-do-when-stock-market-is-down/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 23:55:15 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=15735 Stock market volatility can be unnerving. No investor, whether they’re new to investing or have been making deposits for years, likes to see the value of their portfolio go down—even if it’s just temporary. When the market takes a turn, some people will inevitably sell investments in an attempt to minimize their losses, while others […]

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]]> How Wealthfront’s Tax-Loss Harvesting Performed in 2024 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/tax-loss-harvesting-results-2024/ Wed, 19 Mar 2025 23:06:30 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=17607 At Wealthfront, our focus on optimizing your after-tax returns is one of the key factors that sets us apart from other robo-advisors. We estimate our clients have saved about $1 billion in taxes over the last decade.  We’ve written before that tax-loss harvesting is arguably the most valuable service a robo-advisor can provide, and we’ve […]

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]]> Want To Beat the Market? Focus on After-Tax Returns Instead https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/beat-the-market-after-taxes/ Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:05:09 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=17581 Beating the market sounds nice, but in reality, it usually doesn’t work. No matter how long you spend scouring the internet for stock tips and reading page after page of expert commentary, you’re unlikely to consistently generate outsized pre-tax returns. But at Wealthfront, we do think it’s possible to beat the market on an after-tax […]

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]]> Don’t Just Buy Last Year’s Winners https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/burt-alex-letter-winter-2025/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:59:39 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=17548 The end of one calendar year and the start of the next is when many Wall Street gurus present their “playbooks” for the year ahead. The predictions in these playbooks are frequently incorrect, and might encourage you to concentrate your portfolio in specific sectors or even specific stocks that performed well over the previous year. […]

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]]> What Market Pundits Got Wrong About 2024 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/2024-predictions/ Thu, 12 Dec 2024 16:35:42 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=17494 Each year, commentators and pundits try to forecast what financial markets will do in the future. And each year, many of those predictions are wrong.  In this post, we’ll look at three market predictions from the pundits that didn’t come true in 2024. We’ll also share some perspective about what those failed predictions mean for […]

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]]> Wealthfront’s Automated Bond Ladder vs. a Certificate of Deposit (CD) https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/cd-vs-bond-ladder/ Mon, 25 Nov 2024 18:43:35 +0000 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=17484 When the Federal Reserve cut the federal funds rate in September 2024, the cut kicked off what many investors believe will be a period of falling interest rates. At a high level, this means borrowing costs (like the rate you pay on credit card debt or a mortgage) are likely to fall, but the interest […]

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]]> 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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