August Market Commentary
As outlined in previous commentaries, there have been some further slight reductions in the risk free rate which delineates the threshold between Fully...
16 September, 2014
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Phase Myopia
Curious Investor Behaviour - Number 1 Phase Myopia At different phases of the market, our perspective changes. In the steepening down phase there is a tendency...
08 September, 2014
Heuristic Simplification
Curious Investor Behaviour - Number 2 Heuristic Simplification According to Nobel laureate Herbert Simon, people are so swamped with information that they react consciously to...
08 September, 2014
Confirmation Bias
Curious Investor Behaviour - Number 3 Confirmation Bias Once we have made a decision or formed a view, we subconsciously emphasise information which reinforces that...
08 September, 2014
Over-Confidence
Curious Investor Behaviour - Number 4 Over-Confidence According to multiple studies into human behaviour, the majority of people consider themselves superior in most day-to-day activities -...
08 September, 2014
Herding
Curious Investor Behaviour - Number 5 Herding When investors are uncertain about the value of financial instruments, they typically default to a herding impulse; part of...
08 September, 2014