Advertising and impulsive spending
In the video in this blog I discuss with the MoneyMail’s Rachel Rickard Straus the psychology of advertising, impulsive spending and self control. Continue reading Advertising and impulsive spending
Tag: behavioral finance
Different Minds: why we need human capabilities and machine intelligence*
“There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.” —Ursula K. LeGuin To listen to some scholars of decision-making, it is a great wonder that humans have … Continue reading Different Minds: why we need human capabilities and machine intelligence*
‘The heart has its reasons’: emotions and cognition in the world of finance
Let’s call him James, a trader in a City investment bank; young, smartly dressed, confident, and a little impatient. He sat across from me in the interview:
“It’s really important to stay cool. For myself, I can say that I really don’t have much emotion while I trade”.
Half an hour later, as he relaxed a little, the façade had started to crack:
“Actually the pressure can be horrendous, a trade goes badly wrong, you are staring into black hole, frozen, knowing you should get out but just hoping the market will turn . . I rushed off the desk and threw up in the toilet – I was terrified”.
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Investment, Emotions and the Temple at Delphi*
Can understanding the psychology of investment behaviour help you outperform the market? Probably not, but it can certainly help reduce the probability that you will under-perform the market. This matters, because the majority of private investors under-perform. One compelling piece … Continue reading Investment, Emotions and the Temple at Delphi*
Emotions and financial trading
Mark Fenton-O’Creevy and David Jones of IG Index discuss emotions and trading at the London Stock Exchange Continue reading Emotions and financial trading
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Welcome to the emotional finance blog
Money fractures marriages, drives wars, inspires art, motivates some people to great achievements, leads others to despair. Fear, desire, love, hate, jealousy, anger, anxiety, relief, shame and many more shades of emotion may attach to money in the course of … Continue reading Welcome to the emotional finance blog
LIBOR, rogue traders and the supply of motivated offenders
A brief trawl of media comment on the banking industry over the last few years suggests that the industry is awash with criminals and fraudsters. The picture of traders, often presented in the press, is of amoral risk-takers with bosses … Continue reading LIBOR, rogue traders and the supply of motivated offenders