Tag: Performance

Posted on November 9, 2021

Titan Invest is one of the most unique robo-advice accounts we track at Backend Benchmarking. Titan has over 100mm in its flagship portfolio and it launched in early 2018, making it one of the newest players in the robo-advice industry. Titan’s goal is to make the benefits of a hedge fund accessible to the general public by using modern robo-advisor technology.

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Posted on November 9, 2021

Goldman Sachs launched its Marcus brand in 2016, close to 150 years after the investment bank first opened its doors in 1869. Goldman designed the digital bank for people to “better manage their debt by providing fixed-rate, no-fee personal loans,” according to a statement by Goldman Sachs. The following year, the platform expanded by integrating an online deposit program. This piece is a Marcus Invest robo advisor review, including performance, as of March 2021.

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Posted on November 9, 2021

Vanguard Digital Advisor is the new robo advisor offered by the industry-heavyweight, Vanguard. This service is the new digital-only alternative to Vanguard’s popular hybrid-advisor offering, Vanguard Personal Advisor Services. Vanguard for some time now has been the pioneer of low-cost investing, and now it has its own fully-automated robo advisor. 

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Posted on September 15, 2021

SRI or ESG investing remains a hot trend in the investment industry. At Backend Benchmarking, we compare the equity performance of the SRI/ESG options and the standard options at the same robo advisor to analyze their differences. 

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Posted on May 11, 2021

  • The strong first and fourth quarter performance was enough to push both Schwab portfolios into the top 10 over the 1-year trailing period ending March 31, 2021
  • Over the past year, Titan’s equities returned 71.96%. These strong returns led it to outperform its benchmark by 12.43%
  • Robo advisors allocated to municipal bonds significantly outperformed
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Posted on November 11, 2020

  • Titan continues its outperformance, returning 38.38% over the past year
  • Morgan Stanley & Wealthsimple emerging as performance leaders
  • SigFig maintains top 4-year total portfolio performance spot
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