24 Apr The Weekend Starts Here...
The best of what I read, watched and listened to this week...
10 Jul Why Are We Such Poor Investors #2 - The Behaviour Gap
A study using brain scans of the participants found that the more frequently people were told they were losing money, the more active their amygdala became. ...
14 Jun The Weekend Starts Here....
The best of what I watched, read and listened to this week...
20 Aug Hubris Always Seems Ridiculous – Until It's Our Own
There are many steps we can take as investors to shield ourselves from the worst aspects of our emotional behaviour, but one of the most effective, by far, is process, process, process....
22 Jan Heroes & Villains
By delegating the management of your money to a third party (either a fund manager or a discretionary portfolio manager) do not make the mistake of assuming they will be in control of their emotions any more than you are. Do your homework. ...
30 Oct Being on your best behaviour
As investors, we have to contend with the erratic and irrational way in which we think and behave. A lack of knowledge, combined with a number of illusions and biases, can lead to errors in making decisions that can turn out to be very...
13 Oct The weekend starts here - interesting snippets from around the web
A Library of Mistakes, realising the difference between good advice and effective advice, Nobel Prize winners and How to care for your Introvert, these all caught my eye this week....
09 Oct The art (and importance) of rebalancing
World stockmarkets have had a good run in recent years. If you haven't thought about rebalancing your portfolio, now might be a good time to think about doing so....
11 Sep Non, je ne regrette rien - understanding investor behaviour
“The investor’s chief problem – and even his worst enemy – is likely to be himself.” - Benjamin Graham Until very recently I had never heard of Jonah Lehrer. Then, in the space of 48 hours, I read about him in Jon Ronson’s book, ‘So You’ve Been...