mindfulness
We can't control the stress of our current environment, but we can still choose our own attitude. Donald Altman recommends choosing mindfulness and gratitude.
Using mindfulness to overcome biases and resolve conflicts can create new opportunities.
There are two words jousting in my mind: leadership and courage. I use "jousting" deliberately. Leadership and courage should go hand in hand, but more often than not, they compete against one another. And courage rarely wins out.
Much of the public still has a negative opinion of capitalism and finance. What can we do about it? Kim Ann Curtin recommends five practices to help us live more consciously.
Jason Voss, CFA, provides a primer on open-monitoring meditation, along with a sample practice, in the latest edition of his Meditation Tips for Investment Professionals series.
Meditation is a mind practice that helps develop two skills that are critical for investors, says Jason Voss, CFA: metacognition, or the awareness of awareness itself; and top-down control, choosing what to think and when to think it. Why do we need these skills? Because as investors we must see the world for what it is, not what we prefer it to be. With that in mind, here are some tips to help you get started as a meditator.
There were so many important stories for investors this year, from US productivity, to stock buybacks, to the rise of populism. Jason Voss, CFA, provides his list of the most captivating content he's read in 2016.
Meditation is a proven way of overcoming behavioral biases. One of the leading neuroscientists researching the issue, Ulrich Kirk, explains his findings in an interview with Jason Voss, CFA.
Investment professionals make difficult decisions based on incomplete information. That is part of the job. But are we any good at it? And more importantly, do we achieve certainty when we make these tough decisions? The answer to the latter question — with great certainty — is no.
By reviewing images from the events of our day, we gain insight, improve our memory, and increase our understanding of ourselves, writes Nathan Jaye, CFA.