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Fear, greed and FOMO: The behavioural mistakes costing retail investors crores

Fear, greed and the fear of missing out (FOMO) are increasingly driving investment decisions among retail investors, often leading to costly mistakes. Experts say understanding beh...

The Psychology of Human Misjudgment: Charlie Munger’s 10 Biases That Explain Why Smart People Do Stupid Things

The late Charlie Munger, the longtime vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, delivered his famous speech The Psychology of Human Misjudgment at Harvard in 1995. He later expanded it...

Why Value Investing and Behavioural Finance - Not Predictions - Should Drive This Market Cycle

Two years of FII outflows have not stopped domestic SIP investors from buying. Here's what Value Research's own CEO says that actually means for you.

Why your brain thinks putting $50 on a CS2 clutch is a solid financial strategy

If you have ever caught yourself staring at live odds during a League of Legends teamfight, thinking, “I definitely know how this baron steal is going to play out,” welcome to huma...

Investor Psychology Is Sabotaging Your Returns (Chapter 2 of 5)

"Investor Psychology" is chapter 2 of a 5-part series examining the narratives around "investing for the long run." Chapter 1: Think Like An Investor In the first part of...

Ergodicity transformations predict human decision-making under risk

by Benjamin Skjold, Simon Richard Steinkamp, Colm Connaughton, Oliver James Hulme, Ole Peters Decision theories commonly model human behavior as maximizing the expected value of a...

Trading Psychology and Mindset: Why Your Brain is Your Biggest Portfolio Risk in 2026

In a market where retail trading demand has surged 25 percent past its old 2021 peak, the most dangerous volatility isn't on your screen; it's... Source

Fed study finds crypto investors driven by beliefs, easily swayed by returns

A Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland study finds crypto investors hold sharply different views on returns and risk, while information about Bitcoin’s past gains can increase both de...

Fred Kelly’s timeless investing lessons: Why the crowd is usually wrong

Legendary investor Fred C. Kelly argued that investment success depends more on mastering psychology than predicting markets. In his classic work, he explains why following the cro...

Finance doesn’t have a math problem, it has an ego problem.

Every year, someone builds a smarter, more elegant financial model. Every few years, that same model blows up spectacularly the moment a real crisis hits. The industry has been sol...

Contrarian investing: Fred Kelly's timeless lessons for winning in the stock market

Fred C. Kelly's timeless investing philosophy highlights how independent thinking, emotional discipline and understanding crowd psychology can help investors avoid common behaviour...

Warren Buffett says 'humans love to gamble' as he takes digs at a speculative market — so why do investors ignore him?

Why I Love the Stock Market

Some thoughts on the crazy moves in stocks. The post Why I Love the Stock Market appeared first on A Wealth of Common Sense. ...

5 Cognitive Biases That Are Keeping People Stuck in the Working Class, and How to Overcome Them

Most people assume the gap between the working class and the wealthy comes down to income alone. In reality, the way a person’s brain processes risk, reward, and scarcity often mat...

7 Books To Understand Human Behavior, According to Psychology

Why do smart people make dumb decisions? Why does a stranger’s opinion carry more weight than it should? Psychologists have spent decades chasing answers to questions like these, a...

Rich Man, Poor Man

The parallels between rich investors and poor investors. The post Rich Man, Poor Man appeared first on A Wealth of Common Sense. ...

Wanted: A More Humble Fed

    My professional focus has been identifying and trying to correct the common behavioral errors we all make as investors. One cannot help but notice how similar mistakes are made...

How better understanding brain science can boost advisors' business

From showing up authentically to understanding oxytocin, a session at this week's CAAFP held by The American College of Financial Services called into question some traditional ind...

Point at the money. Most readers could not

Readers put goal-based investing into practice after one simple exercise, revealing how better portfolio labelling can improve financial discipline.

Investing in the Boom Times

Some lessons from investors in South Korea. The post Investing in the Boom Times appeared first on A Wealth of Common Sense. ...

Good Stock Picks, Bad Trading: Why Active Funds Still Lagged

Indexing’s advantage is not merely lower fees. It is also behavior.

Why I teach future advisors the difference between investing and gambling

Young financial planners weaned on sports betting and prediction markets must lose their quick-reward mindset to build long-term financial plans, says a professor at Rutgers Busine...

Why Some Financial Decisions Become Damaging When Taken Casually

Not every financial decision deserves the same amount of analysis. Choosing between Mutual Fund A and Mutual Fund B feels important. In reality, it isn’t. If six months later you f...

RIA Edge 100: Wescott Financial's Psych Profiles Pay Dividends

Founder Grant Rawdin discusses how the desire to work more closely with clients grounded Wescott Financial in planning, psychology, and goal-focused advice.