Behavioral Finance is the application of psychology to finance and investing. It has produced deep insights into how investors think and behave as well as how financial markets behave. Learn more ...

Learn how cognitive and emotional biases influence investment decisions, and learn some practical strategies to recognize, ...

Discover how emotional and cognitive biases affect investment decisions and learn strategies to identify and overcome these common pitfalls to optimize your portfolio.

This article was written by Mark Gorzycki and Mahesh Kashyap, co-founders of Kievanos. As a species that relies heavily on cognitive ability for our evolutionary success, it’s no surprise that many of ...

As advisors incorporate behavioral finance more in their practices, the focus has been entirely on the potential harm investors might cause themselves through their own biases. However, advisor biases ...

Guest essayist Amber Hunt writes that most people think they make rational financial decisions. But they don't.

Your investment decisions may be based on more than your knowledge of the markets. Money itself is a very emotional topic — greed, fear of loss and worry about making ends meet can all impact how we ...

As advisors incorporate behavioral finance more into their practices, their focus has been almost entirely on the potential harm investors might cause themselves through their own biases. However, ...

There's a correlation between high levels of some biases and unfavorable financial outcomes, research shows. These connections hold true even when controlling for demographic information like age, ...

Can your brain influence your investment accounts? The study of behavioral economics would suggest that it could. Behavioral economics is a psychological study of how cognitive and emotional factors ...