…going to do, right? The old saw about the best way to predict someone’s behavior today is look at their behavior yesterday. Right? And that’s true right up until the…
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Robots Won't Replace the Fundamental Investor
…The report says that managers have been able to use academic research on human behavior to fix some of the more common investing mistakes they have made using data science….
Five Questions: The Importance of Narratives with Ben Hunt
…we think, before you can really understand this process of focusing the investment crowd and their behavior on the consensus of the consensus or the story behind the story for…
Successful Investing: Process Elements and Personality Traits
…of expertise, “venture into history, psychology, neuroscience, and other disciplines to inform your work.” Klement concludes by pointing out that both patience and resilience are partially determined by our genetic…
Five Questions: A Wealth Manager’s View of Factors with Michael Batnick
…to market cap weighted indexes over the long-term. On the other, factor strategies introduce another set of behavioral problems for clients because the extended periods of underperformance that are common…
Jim O'Shaughnessy on the Psychology of Investing
In a September interview on the Off the Chain podcast, legendary investor James O’Shaughnessy shared insights on human nature, psychology, and how they manifest in investing decisions. Here are some…
How ETFs Work – And Why All Investors are the Beneficiaries
…significant benefit for shareholders of ETFs relative to shareholders of mutual funds. It also rewards good investing behavior by offering benefits to those who hold ETFs for the long-run by…
Lessons from a Quantitative Investing Conference – Part Deux
…in the real world. But it didn’t. The reason is that Jim understands that managing our behavior and biases trumps all of that in importance. So instead of focusing on…
Swedroe: Global Diversification is Key
…in which investors allow more recent returns to influence their decision-making. Swedroe argues that investors tend to exhibit behaviors that are destructive to returns, which he illustrates using the concepts…
Howard Marks on Improving Investing Odds
…more to psychology than to fundamentals—and psychology can neither be predicted nor timed. Regarding emotion, Marks argued that “it starts with the question of whether or not you accept that…