A quick look at a few behavioral biases and how they effect our financial returns
(2005). Asset Allocation and Information Overload: The Influence of Information Display, Asset Choice, and Investor Experience. Journal o...
A excerpt that shows how something as small as the way we are presented with an offer, can dramatically change the decisions we make.
Hubris, or overconfidence has many roles in a corporate setting. On one hand, overconfidence leads to entrepreneurs being more willing to...
A book that gives some insight into the history and problem if information overload. As the pace of technological change accelerates,...
Cognitive biases are tendencies to think in certain ways. Cognitive biases can lead to systematic deviations from a standard of rationali...
Scientists go on vacation to study what happens when you unplug from technology
People put more credibility in what they want to hear
Great stuff! Taught by Polly Peterson Heuristics We make decisions and judgments every day - if we can trust someone, if we should do ...
Short version? Overconfident have LOWER returns.
Overconfident managers are more likely to commit fraud than others. This video is relatively simple, but a good reminder of yet another ...
In a word, Yes. Are Overconfident Executives More Inclined to Commit Fraud? by Knowledge@Wharton, the online business journal of the...
If only familiarity did breed contempt, we might all be better investors. But the reality is just the opposite: Familiarity breeds conten...
Why is there so much trading? One reason is overconfidence. This is especially a trait (and practice) found in males.
Barry Ritholz (of The Big Picture and a Sunday Business columnist at The Washington Post) recently contributed Investors' 10 most common ...
Why do firms take over firms that are already "correctly" priced? Why do they overpay? One reasons that was suggested by Richard Roll i...
