behavioural economics

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You wouldn’t be human if you didn’t fear loss.Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman demonstrated this with his loss aversion theory, showing that people...

There is a certain seductiveness to a bearish investment argument. The chance to appear like a rational actor in a crazy world. The opportunity to be able to say “I...

Behavioural economists will tell you that big, round numbers (like 7,000) can have a large influence on investor emotion and behaviour. Round number bias is described...

Behavioural economics moved into the mainstream when psychologist Daniel Kahneman was awarded the Nobel Prize for economics. Ironically, his work was critical of...

The study of behavioural economics allows us to better understand the decisions we make. We show how behavioural finance can lead to better investment decision making....

Are you the hunter? Or the hunted? Never thought about it like that when it comes to investing? Well then you are the hunted. The hunter is patient. Very patient....