Investing Principles

Goal-based investing. The idea is prized among financial advisors—and our team at Betterment—but to the everyday investor, it’s often difficult to put into practice.

Currently, U.S. investors may be asking themselves why they should be investing outside of their home country when their own stock market is doing so well. Just a few decades ago, U.S. investors were asking themselves the opposite question.

Although it’s not always the most optimal investment strategy, choosing to dollar-cost average into the market has behavioral and psychological benefits that may help you over the long run.

When it comes to investing, the longer you let your money grow and compound, the more money you can likely earn in returns.

The factors that can be important to becoming a successful investor aren’t what you might think.

Betterment’s investment philosophy plays a major role in how we help you make the most of your money. From this philosophy, we can derive five principles that we believe all investors should follow.

We’ve long tailored customer portfolios based on factors like goal type, and risk tolerance. Now, we’re further personalizing our advice at the level of the portfolio strategy itself.

Our research on value investing helps us to stay on top of and consider the nuances that come with it.

Whether you’re thinking of investing some extra cash or pushing your 401k or IRA to grow bigger, here are five ways to get more from your money immediately.

Often new customers write to me and ask, what can I do to build wealth faster? The answer doesn’t have to be complicated.