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CFO January 1, 2004 Edward Teach |
Watch How You Think Insights from behavioral finance could change the way companies approach mergers and acquisitions. |
CFO September 1, 2006 Edward Teach |
What Lies Behind Those "Rational" Decisions? A pioneering book applies behavioral finance to the CFO's world. |
The Motley Fool July 12, 2006 David Meier |
Better Decisions, Better Returns An interview with Michael Mauboussin, chief investment strategist at Legg Mason and author of More Than You Know about the decision-making biases that are chronically hurting your portfolio, and how to combat them. |
CIO May 1, 2003 Meridith Levinson |
Why Good CIOs Make Bad Decisions Dan Ariely's research in behavioral economics seeks to explain why CIOs make poor investment decisions and why they don't know what technology is worth. |
Knowledge@Wharton |
Is Behavioral Finance a Growth Industry? The subdiscipline of behavioral finance has gained ground over the last half-decade. The idea is simple: Investors are not as rational as traditional theory has assumed, and biases in their decision-making can have a cumulative effect on asset prices... |
The Motley Fool December 15, 2011 John Maxfield |
1 Mistake Investors Make Learn about the irrational error we all commit and how to avoid falling victim to it. |
Finance & Development September 2009 Jeremy Clift |
Questioning a Chastened Priesthood A profile of psychologist Daniel Kahneman about the psychological research of economic science. |
Financial Advisor June 2004 Harold Evensky |
Clients Misbehavin' Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist at Princeton University, applies lessons from behavioral finance to client management and identifies several common mistakes individual investors are prone to make. |
CFO October 1, 2011 Sarah Johnson |
Making Audits More Audible New rules would require auditors to speak up about possible problems, and describe in more detail what they do and don't look at. |
CFO September 1, 2002 Andrew Osterland |
No More Mr. Nice Guy A new CFO survey suggests why new rules for auditors may be a wise idea. |
The Motley Fool August 30, 2007 John Rosevear |
Is Your Brain Costing You Money? How your biases can damage your portfolio. |
HBS Working Knowledge July 31, 2006 Bazerman & Malhotra |
When Not to Trust Your Gut Most of us trust our intuition more than we should, especially when the pressure is on in negotiations. |
HBS Working Knowledge June 6, 2007 Julia Hanna |
Behavioral Finance--Benefiting from Irrational Investors Far from acting in their own best interest, many individual and institutional investors are more inertial than logical when it comes to emptying their portfolios of unwanted shares. This passive behavior can have a significant effect on how companies make strategic financing decisions. |
CFO May 1, 2008 Alix Stuart |
Auditor Angst Want faster, cheaper audits? Your auditor humbly suggests you avoid last-minute data dumps and other less-than-helpful practices. |
Financial Advisor May 2012 Martin E. Landry |
Self-Fulfilling Prophecies Recognizing and managing emotions may help keep investing plans intact. |
Investment Advisor April 2010 Olivia Mellan |
Cover Story: The Upside of Irrationality Dan Ariely, a professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University, has wondered for years why people often don't act in their own best interest. As advisors, how can you use this knowledge? |
ifeminists March 15, 2007 Darrin Albert |
Eleven Cognitive Biases that Help Sustain the Anti-male Double Standard in Society There are at least eleven cognitive biases that have been acknowledged over the years in the field of psychology and beyond that can be applied as forces that help sustain the anti-male double standard in American society. |
Entrepreneur September 2004 Mark Henricks |
Flaw and Order If you're apt to make mistakes, you're not alone. Find out how to avoid eight common strategy pitfalls. Or use this knowledge to predict mistakes your competitors are likely to make. |
HBS Working Knowledge June 7, 2004 Sarah Jane Johnston |
What Drives Supply Chain Behavior? Surprise: Managers are not always rational decision makers. In this interview, Harvard Business School professors Rogelio Oliva and Noel Watson discuss how human behavior affects supply chain coordination. |
HBS Working Knowledge October 25, 2004 Martha Lagace |
Planning for Surprises A company doesn't need a crystal ball to see impending disasters. This Q&A with professors Max H. Bazerman Michael D. Watkins explains how to foresee and avoid predictable surprises. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2006 John J. Bowen |
The Enemy Within Use the principles of behavioral finance to keep your clients -- and yourself -- from making costly investment mistakes. |
The Motley Fool July 22, 2011 Matt Koppenheffer |
5 Hidden Stocks to Save Your Portfolio Your portfolio needs to be saved from a dangerous force, and these five stocks could help you do it: Tower Group... National Presto Industries... BGC Partners... Koppers... Azz Inc... |
Investment Advisor May 2006 Susan Hirshman |
The Wealth Advisor: Profiting by Behavior Competition for affluent clients is fiercer than ever. To attract their attention, you need to stand out from the crowd. You must have better insights about your clients and the markets and a better process to deliver your services. In other words, you have to be a wealth manager. |