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Businesses have learned there is good money to be made by cashing in on our carelessness
Richard Thaler
Over-trading: good for Robinhood, bad for clients
There’s nothing noble about the free trading app’s business model
Stocktake: High stakes don’t make people smarter
An experimental study involving economics students kills that old chestnut
Stocktake: Beware the house money effect
Tendency to take more risks on unexpected winnings is natural but dangerous
Dividends are drying up – but do we really need them?
Investors are feeling the pinch as companies hold off on paying out dividends during crisis
Emotional time travel: Will you handle the next bear market?
We should be more understanding of bad decisions made in hot emotional states
Leadership needs to neutralise innovation blockers – and here’s how
Scott Anthony’s research shows that the most innovative companies display five key behaviours
Stocktake: Don’t login to your portfolio too often
Why things are looking up for global stock markets; and SoftBank backs WeWork
Investors undone by elementary mistakes in doing the maths
Basic errors, encouraged by sensational media headlines, continue to distort market prices
Timing continues to elude investors in search of returns
It’s hard to disagree with old cliché that time in the market is more important than timing the market
Trust your fund manager to buy stocks but not to sell
Random sales strategy is better than a bad sales strategy, research shows
Forget logic. Investment is driven mostly by emotion
A behavioural finance expert says investors are not as dispassionate as you’d think
Nobel laureate shows failure on carbon tax policy likely to be costly
Climate change specialist William Nordhaus says carbon price needed to achieve targets will rise as policies have been delayed
Is bad weather bad for stock markets?
Weather and mood influence investors’ decision-making, new research indicates
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