Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Investing in the financial markets is a complex endeavor influenced not only by economic factors and market ...

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

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

Imagine walking into a doctor’s office, and instead of asking about your symptoms, the doctor hands you a generic prescription that “works for most people.” You’d be concerned—and rightfully so. Yet ...

Behavioral finance, a field that blends psychology with economic decision-making, provides profound insights into the complexities of human behavior in the financial realm. I have been interested in ...

Behavioral finance is the study of how psychology affects investor behavior and financial markets. The study of behavioral finance relies on the assumption that investors and other financial ...

Fama is captain of Team Efficient Markets and Thaler is captain of Team Behavioral Finance. Each represents conflicting academic market philosophies that have been warring for years. Market efficiency ...

Women face particular challenges when it comes to navigating the world of financial planning and investing with confidence, whether caused by behaviors more common to them or the way the wealth ...

Financial advisors should consider incorporating behavioral financial advice into their practices to better serve affluent clients, according to the latest research from Cerulli Associates. The firm's ...

Lynnley Browning (00:09): Hi, everyone. Thanks for joining us. I'm Lynnley Browning, managing editor at Financial Planning magazine, and here with me is Brian Portnoy, the co-founder of Shaping Wealth ...