Behavioral Bias A to Z: Conclusion

We’ll end today where we started, with our original premise:  Behavioral bias in finance can have...

Doing Well and Doing Good?

Behavioral Biases from A to Z: Sunk Cost Fallacy and Tracking Error Regret

Have you ever noticed that something you put a lot of time and effort to acquire feels more...

Behavioral Biases from A to Z: Overconfidence through Recency

So far, we’ve discussed several biases that may influence your investment decisions and get in the...

The Fed and You: How Federal Reserve Activity Can Affect Personal Investments

After nearly a decade without a move, the U.S. Federal Reserve (a.k.a., the Fed) raised the federal...

Home Bias and Global Diversification

By pursuing a globally diversified approach to investing, one doesn’t have to attempt to pick...

The ABCs of Behavioral Bias: Part Two

It’s not hard to create an alphabetical list of financial behavioral biases, there are so many of...

Mind over Model

Checking the weather? Guess what—you’re using a model. While models can be useful for gaining...

The ABCs of Behavioral Bias: Part One

Welcome to your first installment of the “ABCs of Behavioral Biases.” Let’s start by looking at...

How Should You React to Recent Market Volatility?

After a period of relative calm in the markets, in recent days the increase in volatility in the...