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The frailty of high conviction ideas

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on July 23, 2019December 3, 2020
  • Part 2: Human Foibles and Investment Decision Making

We need to have full confidence in our judgement about a company if we are to make a serious financial commitment to it. But, the strength of our belief that we are right has nothing to do with the validity of our judgement. And, if that sounds weird, blame in on behavioral psychology.

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