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Podcast 45: Gary Belsky, Behavioral Economics

by Flexo on February 28, 2010. Podcast 3 comments.

Today’s guest on the Consumerism Commentary Podcast is Gary Belsky, author of the book Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes and How to Correct Them: Lessons from the Life-Changing Science of Behavioral Economics and Editor-In-Chief of ESPN the Magazine. Gary and Tom Dziubek discuss behavioral economics and how understanding how we make decisions involving ... Continue reading this article…

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Quick Survey: What Drives Your Trading Decisions?

by Flexo on November 3, 2009. People Add a comment.

This is a guest article by Scott Treadwell, a long-time Consumerism Commentary reader and graduate student at the University of New Hampshire. Scott is studying finance and is conducting a study in behavioral finance. Please look for the survey below and help Scott conduct his study. We are only a year removed from the greatest financial ... Continue reading this article…

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Thinking is Not Enough

by Frank Curmudgeon on June 2, 2009. Economics 6 comments.

This is a guest article by Frank Curmudgeon, author of the Bad Money Advice blog. For updates from Frank, subscribe to the Bad Money Advice RSS feed. We often see the struggle to get control of our spending as being the conflict between our emotional and logical selves. Emotion wants to go out to that ... Continue reading this article…

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Thinking Will Cause Your Investments to Lose

by Flexo on May 29, 2008. Investing 9 comments.

Behavioral economics, a mix of psychology and finance, is an interesting field, and has taught those who choose to listen why they’re less likely to benefit from thinking they can predict the performance of a stock price. The human brain is simply not wired to make good choices in the stock market. Traders will lose ... Continue reading this article…

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