Imagine The Wall Street Journal ran a contest for its subscribers in which each subscriber viewed 100 photos of various men and women. To participate in the contest, each subscriber must pick the six most attractive people. The subscriber that choses the photos voted...
Last week was the annual Blogger Wisdom series on Abnormal Returns. It is a true honor to be included among a group of such smart, insightful people. Here were my responses to the different questions asked throughout the week. What do you know with a high degree of...
Are your expectations for your investment returns realistic? Investors who hold unrealistic expectations frequently make mistakes and misjudgments that negatively impact their portfolios. Everyone wants double-digit returns, but they don’t want to expose themselves to...
People check their portfolios way too frequently, which increases their chances of seeing a loss. Losses aren’t necessarily a problem – in fact, they are a crucial part of a well-functioning market – but the emotions that losses invoke cause us to make mistakes. Our...
A version of this article originally appeared on WSJ.com. Most people don’t know how to properly evaluate their financial advisor and overly rely on performance as the sole measurement of success. This is problematic because people tend to evaluate their...
Stop looking at your portfolio. The Digital Age has made access to stock market data and real-time portfolio values increasingly easy, but it causes investors to lose sight of the big picture as their mental time horizon shortens to match the frequency of feedback...
