Behavioral Finance

Weekend Reading: Are You Prepared For Your Financial Failure?
Did you know envisioning negative outcomes can actually pave the way for success and resilience?

Weekend Reading: The Availability Bias: How to Overcome a Common Cognitive Distortion
Ever made a snap judgment about an investment based on a recent news story or a friend's hot tip? You've fallen victim to the "availability heuristic," a common mental shortcut where we overestimate the importance of easily recalled information.

Weekend Reading: The Thin Line
You may have had incredible success in investing in the market throughout your saving years, but retirement is different and past performance is no guarantee of future success.

Weekend Reading: The Three Types of Investing Mistakes
To truly identify your investment mistakes (and hopefully prevent some along the way), you must first determine what a “mistake” means to you.

Weekend Reading: The Accident
You want to avoid “Accidents” in retirement, and every accident is a result of a risk that you knowingly or unknowingly took on. Therefore, the key to avoiding your retirement “Accidents” begins with the identification of the risks.

Weekend Reading: The Most Important Thing That Counts in Investing
Your ability to build strong character takes time and often occurs during seasons of crisis and distress. In these instances, reflect on your reactions, learn from your mistakes and seek lessons from the experience.

Weekend Reading: Compounding
If you’re looking for success when it comes to investing, fitness, relationships or really any area of life, quick fixes often aren’t the answer. Patience and consistent effort over a period of time are two key components, as they give way to the power of compounding.

Weekend Reading: Look Inside
You’ll find it’s not what happens throughout your financial life that has the most impact, but how you react to it.

Weekend Reading: Begging to Differ
Your financial journey throughout life won’t look the same as anyone else’s. So, while it can be informative to learn from others' financial experiences, here’s a word from the wise: Never blindly mimic their strategies.

Weekend Reading: How Investing Personality Types Frame Your Money Perspective
Have you ever pinpointed your Myers Briggs personality type? It can be insightful to better understand who you are, but when it comes to your investing mindset, here’s another framework worth checking out.

Weekend Reading: The Seven Virtues of Great Investors
our greatest investment attributes don’t include having the highest IQ. Instead, they stem from your character and ability to maintain consistent behavior.

Weekend Reading: What Does the Demise of SVB Tell Us About Our Behavior During Market Shocks?
You’ve seen news headlines detailing the fallout of Silicon Valley Bank. However, amidst the panic, it’s also vital to zoom out and consider what tumultuous times can teach you, particularly when it comes to investment risk.