Category Archives: Behavioral Finance Basics

Advisor Inquiry – What to Do When a Spooked Investor Wants a Portfolio Review

On a recent coaching call with an advisor in The Behavioral Finance Network, he mentioned [...]

When is it Easy to Invest?

Is it ever easy to invest in stocks? I don’t know. Investors hate investing when [...]

What is “Safe” for an Investor?

One of the most challenging parts of communication is that we use words that have [...]

The Holy Grail of Investing

Tony Robbins recently wrote a book, The Holy Grail of Investing. Based on Robbins’ notoriety [...]

What to Do When Investors Mix Politics and Investing

We are still many months from the next election, but strong feelings about the current [...]

What Won’t Change About Investors in the Future?

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com, has shared numerous times how he believes Amazon.com became such [...]

Behavioral Insights to the Passive vs. Active Debate

When I present at conferences on behavioral finance matters it is not uncommon to get [...]

Improving Investor Experience

Technology firms devote an incredible amount of resources to improving their users’ experience. Doing so [...]

Investing Like Sherlock Holmes

I love watching programs about Sherlock Holmes, especially the movies in which Robert Downey Jr [...]

Casinos, Investors & Variable Rewards

I was recently in Las Vegas for a few meetings and witnessed something that intrigued [...]