Behavioral finance
Gain insight into behavioral finance, bias mitigation, and the impact investor behavior has on the markets.
Behavioral finance content
Behavioral finance
Most of us tend to overestimate our abilities. When it comes to money matters, such overconfidence can cause real trouble. Here’s how to help clients take a more measured approach.
Behavioral finance
Overemphasis on recent events can keep you from gathering the information you need to before making a decision. For clients, recency bias may lead to ill-informed investments. Help them take a broader view of the financial markets.
Behavioral finance
It’s easy to stick with what you know. But for clients, this investment approach can lead to less diversified—and potentially riskier—portfolios. Here’s how to spot and address home bias.
Behavioral finance
Taking a loss is painful. In fact, research suggests that we feel the pain of loss much more than the joy of equivalent gains. But efforts to avoid losses can sometimes introduce new risks that may be damaging—especially for investors. Read more.
Behavioral finance
It’s great to find other voices that support what you believe. But this confirmation bias approach can be damaging—especially for investors. Here's how to bring more perspective to your clients' financial decision making.
Behavioral finance
Teaching clients about the most common behavioral biases can make it easier to identify and address them—and potentially lead to stronger, more durable advisor/client relationships.
Behavioral finance
Amid ongoing social and economic uncertainty, this year’s survey - BeFi Barometer 2021 - reflects the benefits advisors are reporting by employing behavioral finance techniques to align clients’ emotions and help them achieve their long-term goals.
Behavioral finance
Explore key findings in a whitepaper from our recent behavioral finance survey, BeFi Barometer 2021. Learn how behavioral finance techniques can mitigate the negative impact of biases on clients.
Behavioral finance
With COVID-19 clouding the horizon, your clients may be experiencing a range of intense emotions, leading to irrational investing behavior. That’s not surprising, given that major crises are like petri dishes that culture behavioral finance biases.