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Tag: Overconfidence bias

Are You Ruining Your Returns With Overconfidence?
3 years ago
Are You Ruining Your Returns With Overconfidence?

Investors might be their own worst enemies by being overconfident, posits an article in Morningstar. A 2006 study by James Montier found that out of 300 money managers, 74% considered…

10 years ago
Emotions and Biases Play Huge Role in Bad Investment Decisions

In a recent New York Times article, columnist Gary Belsky observes that “the majority of cognitive biases and shortcuts that influence everyday judgement and choice have analogues in investment behavior.”…

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