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Market Wisdom from Howard Marks
In a recent podcast, author Tim Ferris interviews Howard Marks to discuss the Oaktree Capital co-founder’s views on investor psychology, his new book Mastering the Market Cycle: Getting the Odds…
Mauboussin on the Language of Likelihood
…psychology professor Phil Tetlock: “vague verbiage,” he says, “gives you political safety.” The authors created a survey to track the relationship between words and probabilities akin to one created by…
David Herro on What Has Changed in International Markets Since the 1980s
…a stock that’s gone down.” Herro explains that psychology drives us to want to be invested in something that “goes up even if it’s expensive,” and that this hasn’t changed…
The Psychology of Loss Aversion
An article in Psychology Today discusses loss aversion, and how regulating emotion and taking a different perspective can reduce it—and “help people overcome potentially disadvantageous decision biases.” Loss aversion, the…
Barry Ritholtz on the Bull Market's Birthday
…misleading picture. It ignores the collective psychology of the time—lots of investors back in March 2009 were sellers, not buyers. Indeed, that panicked selling—I surrender!—is how market bottoms get made.”…
Robert Shiller on the Pricey U.S. Market
…Instead, he argues, it may be due in part to the higher rate of share repurchases in the U.S. or a “stronger psychology of fear about the replacement of jobs…
The Biggest Failure of the Investment Management Industry
…efforts being made in the area of investor behavior and psychology, but the “behavior gap” has been shown to adversely affect returns significantly more than fees, so there is no…
Housel's Fundamental Investing Skills
…vs. psychology is necessary.” Arguing that investing involves both analytics and psychology, Housel says, “The trick is knowing when which skill is necessary, and how one affects the other.” …
The Investor as a Storyteller
…of Science (2014 Picador/Overlook) delves into the psychology and neuroscience of storytelling and the book has been described as “an extraordinarily thoughtful account of what it means to believe anything.”…