This is the ninth article in the Behavioral Finance and Macroeconomics series, exploring the effect behavior has on markets and the economy as a whole and how advisors who understand this relationship ...
Recency bias is the tendency for people to overweight new information or events, projecting them into the future while ignoring long-term evidence. This bias causes many investors to engage in ...
The ORCL stock has become a textbook example of how recency bias in the equity market could create significant opportunities that are hiding in plain sight. Now that the market has finally realized ...
Last week, I introduced the idea of “dumb” in investing: the tendency for very smart people to do very dumb things with their portfolios. We looked at how emotions can override a well-thought-out plan ...
I am writing this opinion piece from the perspective of a jilted college football fan. I have three degrees from Florida State University. This weekend the College Football Playoff selection committee ...