Investing for your long-term goals is not rocket science. There really are just a few fundamental choices to make, choices that over time lead to better investment returns. What’s more, you can get those returns without all the jumpiness and… Continue reading →

Say the word “finance” and many people’s eyes just glaze over. I totally understand that. Money and investing can be quite a dense topic, even for those of us in the business! It’s appealing, then, to have someone tell you… Continue reading →

Over the past decade or so, a lot of well-meaning investment writers have tried to explain what is “special” or “different” about index investing. After all, American savers have put literally trillions of dollars to work in index funds over… Continue reading →

Big investment funds have a public face, a famous money manager who is constantly “talking up his fund” on financial television shows. By contrast, index fund investing is hard to comprehend. The Financial Times journalist Robin Wigglesworth got curious about… Continue reading →

Less is more, especially when it comes to long-term investing. That’s the conclusion reached by millennial finance influencer Helen Lu, who recently told her followers to stop trading stocks on their phones and instead buy “boring” low-cost index funds. Hear,… Continue reading →

Burt Malkiel, Princeton Professor Emeritus and Rebalance Investment Committee member, offers his take on another widespread economic hazard impacting Americans: day trading. Find out what Burt has to say about the risky hobby, and how to avoid the allure of… Continue reading →

The late, great John Bogle put it best, and simplest, when he said, “Fees matter.” We take those words seriously at Rebalance. We should, since several members of our all-star Investment Committee are longtime colleagues of the Vanguard Group founder.… Continue reading →

The recent loss of investing giant and Vanguard founder, John Bogle, got us to thinking about the many books he wrote and which ones meant the most to us. Here are our top 3 favorites to help inspire you to… Continue reading →

There are plenty of buzzwords in the investing world, few of them more debated than the idea of active vs. passive investing. Passive doesn’t not necessarily mean “do nothing.” After all, doing nothing would mean not investing at all! Rather,… Continue reading →