Behavioral Finance
Can goals-based portfolio theory bridge normative and descriptive investment theories?
With his patience and preparation, Odysseus would have made a great investor.
“Investing is not the study of finance,” Morgan Housel says. “Investing is the study of how people behave with money.”
How can we leverage the fact that machine learning, alternative data, and AI are not only widespread, but increasing in influence?
We all have biases and blind spots, and it helps to listen to people who see things differently.
What if our traditional models of choice are not measuring people’s true objectives?
Does investor overreaction to ESG controversies create the opportunity for abnormal returns?
"The best way that you can be a decision maker in this type of environment is not to demand certainty."
What is the half-life of financial knowledge and how can professional investors win the race against it?
There may be no formal approach to stakeholder value maximization, but we all practice it in our daily lives.