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By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne |
March 1, 2009
Little surprise; we're our own worst enemy. An oft-repeated (and startling) statistic from research firm Dalbar Inc. found that while the S&P 500 returned 12.2...
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By Jane Wollman Rusoff |
November 1, 2007
In Your Money and Your Brain: How the New Science of Neuroeconomics Can Help Make You Rich (Simon & Schuster), author Jason Zweig, a senior...
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By Mike Patton |
August 31, 2007
It's been five months now since my journey began and I am finding the transition from employee to business owner requires a lot of time...
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By Robert F. Keane |
July 1, 2005
Albert Einstein once reportedly said, "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." While the great...
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By Staff Writer |
July 1, 2005
Anchoring. The tendency of investors to become attached to a specific price as the fair value of a holding. Attachment bias. Holding onto an investment for...
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By Staff Writer |
July 1, 2005
BOOKS Advances in Behavioral Finance by Richard Thaler (Russell Sage Foundation, 1993) Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L. Bernstein (John Wiley & Sons, 1996) Choices, Values,...
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By Staff Writer |
January 1, 2004
It's a typical evening at the home of renowned financial planners Harold Evensky and Deena Katz: In the study, Gary Brinson is sidling up to...