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The Winner’s Curse and Homo Investorus

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on January 18, 2026January 31, 2026
  • Part 2: Human Foibles and Investment Decision Making

The world does not operate in accordance with conventional economic or finance theory posited on the notion that people are both rational and selfish.

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Danny Kahneman type risk policies for investors

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on March 31, 2024November 5, 2024
  • Part 2: Human Foibles and Investment Decision Making

Investor psychology can cause a security to be priced just about anywhere in the short run, regardless of its fundamentals

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The Optimism Bias paradox

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on December 3, 2023December 3, 2023
  • Part 2: Human Foibles and Investment Decision Making

We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful

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Self reliance at the heart of successful investing

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on August 14, 2023August 14, 2023
  • Part 3: Thoughts for the Individual Investor

If you always look to others for confirmation that you are right you will never be self-reliant.

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