Investor behavior

Plan for the unexpected. Get comfortable with losing. Enjoy the journey. Chief Investment Officer Dougal Williams shares some valuable investing advice from an unlikely source.

Economic models assume humans make rational choices, but University of Chicago economist Richard Thaler isn’t having any of it. With wild swings in the market this month, investors and their […]

Investing like a rat isn’t as crazy as it sounds. Here’s why you may want to follow their lead.

When it comes to sports, an expanding talent pool and enhanced training techniques have caused the competition to become more fierce. However, in the world of investments, better tools and […]

Do you believe our basic abilities are genetic and unchangeable? Or do you think intelligence and abilities are malleable? Thanks to discoveries in neuroscience, we now know the brain constantly […]

According to two academic papers we recently reviewed, the answer is yes. Researchers found that high-I.Q. investors not only invested more heavily in stocks than their lower I.Q. counterparts, but […]

While avoiding most risks helps keep us safe in everyday life, risk in our financial lives deserves special consideration. To invest wisely, we must accept that risk and return go […]

How much money is enough? Some believe there is no such thing. It turns out you can count on money to buy happiness, but only up to a point.

Stocks in the U.S. have marched higher for more than six years now, making this one of the longest “bull markets” in history.

Every year, part of a diversified portfolio is guaranteed to underperform. Indeed, periods of pain and regret are the norm when a portfolio is properly diversified.

It is important to remember that, volatile or not, the stock market is no more predictable than it has ever been.

Historically-low interest rates have encouraged income-focused investors to “search for yield.” Many investors have turned to dividend paying stocks as a way to generate a higher level of income. But, […]