Behavioral Finance
The Confirmation Bias Prevention Program
This post rubs off on last Tuesday’s post “The Real Cost of Noise”.The UK's Financial Times had an interesting headline today – “Japan’s 2nd quarter economic growth out ....
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August 15, 2023 | 5 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
This Garbage Is Costing You
Last week the news was all about Apple crossing the $3 trillion valuation mark decisively…Apple was the first company to achieve a $1 trillion valuation in 2018 and became the fi ....
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July 4, 2023 | 6 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
Wolf…Wolf!
Francis Barlow's illustration of the fable, 1687
Image Source- Wikipedia
Do you remember the story (in Aesop’s fables) of the boy who cried wolf wolf?
I believe you do as it ....
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June 27, 2023 | 5 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
Forecasters aka Analysts
On December 31, 2021, Forbes published a post headlined “Analysts are forecasting the S&P 500 to rise 9.6% in 2022. The first line reads, “The S&P 500 Index turned in a ....
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June 20, 2023 | 5 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
Destination, Co-Pilots, and Parachute Training
Imagine you are sitting in a comfortable private jet and heading to your destination…
Image generated by Dall-E (the Open AI application)The jet is crui ....
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June 6, 2023 | 6 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
Inactivity, Right People and Flourishing
Last weekend, the investment world was all about one of the most successful people in the world of investing. You guessed it right – Warren Buffet and his company Berkshire Hatha ....
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May 9, 2023 | 5 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
Who Do You Need to Protect People From?
When it comes to investing, one of the key roles of regulators worldwide is to protect investors from scammers, fraudsters, and financial predators.It is in this context that I ask ....
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May 2, 2023 | 6 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
Gambling, Life and Investing
Many of you liked last week’s post “The Rise of Investainment”. Hence, I was encouraged to continue the train (or chain if you prefer) of thought with yet another one. Howeve ....
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April 25, 2023 | 5 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
The Rise of Investainment
It’s hard to miss all the investing advertisements during IPL. It’s even harder not to get confused among the terms investing, trading and playing (aka gambling). It seems like ....
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April 18, 2023 | 7 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
Forever Bullshit
No One Knew A Thing. No One Knows A Thing. And No One will Ever Know a Thing (About the Future).Do these lines come across as Audacious?Audacious or not, these lines are the unvarn ....
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April 4, 2023 | 5 Minute Read
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