Tag: Behavioral Finance
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The Evolved Investor: Why Behavioral Finance Matters
Few things make us as emotional as the prospect of losing money. Wouldn’t investing be easier if you were a robot? Imagine the market crashes and yet, there you are,…
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Emotions are an investor’s worst enemy
We are hardwired to seek out predators and react to warning signals. While this innate behavior may have helped keep our ancestors alive, it also makes it almost impossible to…
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You Alone Are Accountable for Your Financial Situation
Since Snider Advisors opened its doors in September of 2002, we have operated on Six Guiding Principles. The first of those principles is that you alone are accountable for you…
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The Number One Job of Your Portfolio
In our continuation of the discussion of Snider Advisors’ Guiding Principles, we will examine the principle that the number one job of your portfolio is to produce a paycheck. ERISA…
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Investing is Not the Same Thing as Saving
A mistake far too many people make is to invest money they should be saving and save money that they should be investing. In our continuation of the discussion of…
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Stock Market Slot Machine
I strongly recommend an excellent article to you, from the Psy-Fi blog, a regular on my daily reading list. The title of the article is B.F Skinner’s Stock Market Slot Machines:…