Investors overreact to vivid memories and recent events
The good news is that we can do something. Kahneman describes risk policies as decision rules that are always applied in similar situations.
Author: Rodney Smith
The worst behavioral bias – jumping to conclusions
The good news is that we can do something. Kahneman describes risk policies as decision rules that are always applied in similar situations.
Overcoming mistaken short term thinking with Kahneman style risk policies
Reduce or eliminate the pain of the occasional loss by the thought that the policy that left you exposed to it will almost certainly be financially advantageous over the long run
Explainer – herd mentality and poor investment results
People are rationally (?) choosing not to, as they see it, waste their time and effort in exercising their judgment about the market
Investment psychology explainer for Mr. Market – introduction
In truth, Mr. Market’s emotional problems are the least part of it. What he really suffers from is behavioral biases and a propensity to make cognitive errors.
How Warren Buffett goes about valuing companies
We are going to want to get a significantly higher return, obviously — in terms of cash produced relative to the amount we’re outlaying now — for a business than we are from a government bond. That has to be the yardstick at a base.
The dangers and benefits of using Discounted Cash Flow analysis reports
Opinions of fair value based on DCF calculations are necessarily inexact (rightly vague?). But, at least they at least ask the right question.
How to get the most out of analysts’ reports
Since analysts’ reports are so important in our work of identifying and studying companies to invest in, we need to look at the strengths and weaknesses of these reports.
The joy of higher return with no more risk
If we calculate the value of a common stock to be only slightly higher than its price, we’re not interested in buying
Many investors just don’t understand the risk/reward trade-off
Take the probability of loss times the amount of possible loss from the probability of gain times the amount of possible gain.