The volatility in the pandemic-era equity markets have given a rare glimpse into specific behavioral biases that usually aren’t as apparent during “normal” times, contends an opinion piece in CFAInstitute…
Tag: Investor Emotions
Study Finds that Money Can Buy Happiness
A new study has found that, for people over 30, “the correlation between income and happiness has steadily risen over the years.” This according to an article in The Seattle…
How to Navigate a Stormy Stock Market in 5 Steps
A recent article by New York Times columnist Carl Richards offers investors a road map for riding out today’s market volatility: Give yourself a break: It’s okay to feel “scared…
Howard Marks on Improving Investing Odds
At the CFA Society Portland’s Annual Investment Strategy Dinner last month, Oaktree Capital co-chair Howard Marks said the two most important factors for investing success are managing risk and understanding where…
Does High Testosterone Lead to Low Investing Returns?
New research suggests that aggressive traits in professional investors may translate into lower returns, according to recent article in The Economist. A recent study analyzed over twenty years of data…
Investors Should Imagine Pain to Evaluate Asset Allocation
While market worries abound, a recent article in The New York Times argues against trying to predict when the bull market will end or making trades based on those predictions.…
Focus on the "Known Knowns" When Investing
Among the many parallels we can draw between life’s macro issues and the world of finance, perhaps one of the most compelling is the tendency for people to think they…
James O'Shaughnessy: Knee-Jerk Investing Doesn't Work
A quantitative investing guru who uses concrete metrics to analyze stocks, James O’Shaughnessy believes that investors get in the way of their own success by reacting emotionally, writes Validea CEO…
Hulbert: It's Time to Sell
Constantly reacting to news headlines, writes Mark Hulbert in MarketWatch, will not only prevent an investor from beating the market, it can also precipitate “attacks of doom and gloom.” He…
