Bull Market Cycle Update: Let The Good Times Roll?
The amount of resources thrown at trying to develop rules or models to predict turns or direction is truly immense. The problem, though, is that the financial markets are more of a social science given...
View ArticleBehavioral Bias: How Investors Can Profit From It
All investors make errors that can often be traced back to a behavioral bias or emotional mistake. If under certain circumstances these mistakes are systematic, then it is not a stretch to believe we...
View ArticleInvestors: The Dangers Of Performance Chasing
The most prevalent disclaimer in the investments world goes something like this – “past performance may not be repeated”. If you don’t believe us, just read the disclaimers from investment firms,...
View ArticleS&P 500 Market Outlook: Investors In Celebratory Mood
In this week’s investing research outlook, we discuss current trends and indicators for the S&P 500 Index (INDEXSP:.INX), while checking in on investor sentiment and market breadth. We’ll also...
View Article4 Prevalent Investor Biases And How To Manage Them
If you had to analyze every decision you make on a given day, you probably wouldn’t get much done. You might not even make it to work. Once awake, analyzing whether you should brush your teeth first,...
View ArticleInvestor Sentiment Update and Outlook: 5 Charts
The much awaited and widely predicted correction (that no one really ended up predicting) has turned 2 weeks old now, and driven the S&P 500 down almost -12% top to bottom. So it’s timely to take a...
View ArticleWhen Markets Overreact: How To Trade Major News and Earnings
Anecdotally, most market practitioners and investors likely believe that the market often overreacts to news. This happens often around earnings announcements, when a company surprises to either the...
View ArticleIdentifying and Countering Investor Biases
In an ideal world, any important decision we make in life would go through a rigorous and disciplined process, designed to lead us to the answer most likely to be correct or of greatest probability...
View Article5 Behavioral Biases That Infect An Investor’s P&L
While the word certainly carries a negative connotation, it is essentially a preconceived opinion or feeling. Sometimes these opinions are based on accurate, objective and balanced information. Other...
View Article5 Practices of Mindful Investors
I started a mindfulness routine a couple years ago, during a particularly stressful period in my life. A daily meditation practice was a life changer for me, bringing a new sense of awareness and...
View ArticleHow To Focus On Investment Performance… Without “Chasing”
“Past performance is no guarantee of future results,” or a similar iteration, is likely the most common phrase found among investment disclaimers. To say this phrase falls on deaf ears would be an...
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