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Pension Trustees: Corporate Governance and the Behavior Gap

Good governance is not only important, but it also drives real results. Christopher K. Merker, PhD, CFA, explains.

How Financial Advisers Can Help Close the Behavior Gap

It is critical for financial advisers to help close the behavior gap by considering how they can keep their clients from making emotional investment mistakes.

Behavioral Finance in Practice: Closing the “Behavior Gap”

So what exactly is the behavior gap? It's what happens when we let emotion get in the way of smart financial decisions. In other words, it's the distance between what we should do and what we actually do.

Behavioral Finance: The High Cost of Emotional Investing

Most investors are no doubt familiar with the standard disclaimer “Past performance is not indicative of future results.” We know from working closely with individual investors for the past 20 years, however, that this compliance truism tends to stay… READ MORE ›