Curious Investor Behaviour - Number 2
Heuristic Simplification
According to Nobel laureate Herbert Simon, people are so swamped with information that they react consciously to...
Curious Investor Behaviour - Number 3
Confirmation Bias
Once we have made a decision or formed a view, we subconsciously emphasise information which reinforces that...
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 -...
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...
Curious Investor Behaviour - Number 6
Conservatism Bias
People tend to cling tenaciously to an opinion. Even when circumstances have changed, most people find it...
Curious Investor Behaviour - Number 7
Hindsight Bias
The mind seems to retain information in a series of compressed narratives, and to update "history" as...
