How to Choose Between Taxable and Tax-Advantaged Investment Accounts

Essential readings

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Wealthfront’s Guide to Equity & IPOs

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There’s No Need To Fear A Bear Market

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Sound Investing When Markets Are in Turmoil

Build Your Socially Responsible Wealthfront Portfolio

Investing isn’t just a way of growing your money – it’s a way of shaping the future. When you invest in a certain ETF or stock or asset class, you’re expressing a belief in the future of that investment. Because of this, picking the right portfolio can be highly personal.

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Tax-Loss Harvesting 101

We believe investors should focus on the things they can control – cost, risk, and taxes. At Wealthfront, we help you with all three: we charge one low advisory fee, offer diversified portfolios with automatic rebalancing, and work to lower your tax bill with a suite of tax minimization features.

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Unsure About Investing Because of GameStop? Don’t Be

You’ve probably seen some recent headlines about a handful of stocks — in particular, GameStop. The prices of these stocks have risen and fallen in dramatic fashion over the last two weeks. As a result, investing is top of mind for many, and for some, it may seem overwhelming. If…

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Saving for Long-Term Goals? Use an Investment Account

When you think about your financial future, you probably have two kinds of goals. Some aren’t far off — maybe you want to take a big vacation or get a new car in the next year or so. Others, like buying a home or sending a child to college might…

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How Wealthfront’s Tax-Loss Harvesting Could Cover Your Advisory Fee

We’ve written before that our Tax-Loss Harvesting service saves Wealthfront clients money whether the market is up or down. But what you might not know is that it renders our high quality investing service basically fee-free by generating tax savings that far outweigh the 0.25% annual advisory fee…

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What Are Robo-Advisors, and How Do They Differ?

Note: Wealthfront’s Stock-level Tax-Loss Harvesting is now called US Direct Indexing. If you’re interested in investing, odds are you’ve heard the word “robo-advisor” used before. While it’s fun to imagine a robot managing your investment portfolio and beeping cheerfully as it works, robo-advisors are actually automated investing services managed by…