Insights & Perspectives

Our exploration continues with more behavioral biases that may negatively impact your financial well-being. You can read our earlier posts, here and here. Let’s continue, shall we.

Let’s continue our exploration of common behavioral biases that can harm your financial well-being. If you missed our previous posts, you can access it here.

Over the summer, we will identify and describe numerous behavioral biases. As you learn and explore, we hope you’ll discover: You may be unable to prevent your behavioral biases from staging attacks on your financial resolve. But, forewarned is forearmed. You stand a much better chance of thwarting them once you know they’re there!

By now, you’ve probably heard the news: Your own behavioral biases are often the greatest threat to your financial well-being. As investors, we leap before we look. We stay when we should go. We cringe at the very risks that are expected to generate our greatest rewards. All the while, we rush into nearly every move, only to fret and regret them long after the deed is done.

Did you know people are Googling the word "Inflation" at a record-breaking rate? If the economic uncertainty of the past year has you scratching your head as well, here's what you need to know about inflation and your investments.

You may or may not be interested in using cryptocurrency as a means of exchange. But what about trading in it, directly or in fund form?

As described in part 1, cryptocurrency is typically driven “by and for the people” in peer-to-peer exchanges. At least in theory, this permits it to flow more quickly and cheaply, with fewer fees and administrative hurdles.

It’s hard to scan the financial headlines these days and not spot at least one call to action related to Bitcoin’s latest moves. Has all the attention given you cryptocurrency fever, or are you at least wondering what it’s all about?