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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...   |
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. |
CFO
January 1, 2004
Edward Teach |
Watch How You Think Insights from behavioral finance could change the way companies approach mergers and acquisitions. |
On Wall Street
June 1, 2010
Denise Federer |
When Good Clients Behave Badly Learning how and why your clients think is critical to helping them make sound financial decisions. |
On Wall Street
December 1, 2011
Denise Federer |
The Advisor's Guide To Stress Management This past year has been both challenging and profitable for many of the financial advisors that I coach. |
HBS Working Knowledge
June 14, 2004
Ann Cullen |
The Big Money for Big Projects An interview with Harvard Business School Professor Benjamin Esty. He studies the financing of some of the largest projects in the world: the Eurotunnel, Hong Kong Disneyland, and the Airbus A380, to name three. |
Financial Advisor
May 2005
C. Michael Carty |
Do Investors Make Rational Or Emotional Decisions? Behavioral finance looks to predict investor action. |
Financial Advisor
April 2004
Marla Brill |
Recent Lessons From Behavioral Finance Don't look for logic in the way investors act, say these experts. |
On Wall Street
June 5, 2009
Denise Federer |
Understanding and Guiding Client Behavior Financial professionals face the complex challenge of effectively responding to the financial and emotional needs of their clients, while managing their own emotional reactions to the current turbulent markets. |
On Wall Street
June 1, 2009
Denise Federer |
Understanding and Guiding Client Behavior Financial professionals face the complex challenge of effectively responding to the financial and emotional needs of their clients |
AskMen.com
Tijo Salverda |
Behavioral Economics The study of behavioral economics aims to understand how psychological phenomena like emotions and group dynamics influence economic decisions. Studies have found that people often make decisions that are not in their best interest |
Registered Rep.
March 30, 2012
Anne Field |
Human Behavior A discipline combining economics and psychology, behavioral finance turns one basic tenet of economic theory -- that people make rational decisions when given the right information -- on its head. |
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. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 11, 2014
Michael Blanding |
The Business of Behavioral Economics Leslie John and Michael Norton explore how behavioral economics can help people overcome bad habits and change for the better. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 6, 2009
Jim Heskett |
Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World? It is becoming clear that human behavior is much less rational than we assumed. What does this mean for conventional wisdom in areas such as management? |
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
December 27, 2005 |
Capital Structure, Explained When evaluating a company's merits as a possible investment, you should examine the components of its value and explore how it finances its workings. It's all about cash, debt, and equity. |
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. |
Entrepreneur
April 2006
Crystal Detamore-Rodman |
Work With Me When it comes to lending, finance companies are often less demanding and more understanding than banks. |
CFO
June 1, 2004
Edward Teach |
Avoiding Decision Traps Cognitive biases and mental shortcuts can lead managers into costly errors of judgment. |
Investment Advisor
April 4, 2011
Savita Iyer-Ahrestani |
Advisors Beware: The Downside of Behavioral Finance A superficial understanding of behavioral finance can be counterproductive |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2005
Timothy M. Otte |
Behaving Like a Fool The debate between efficient markets and behavioral finance continues to rage in academic circles. Here are some of the key differences in the two approaches to the movements of stock prices. |
AskMen.com
Brantley Oakey |
5 Ways To Finance A Real Estate Investment Whether you're looking to upgrade your current home, buy your first home or start buying rental properties, you're going to need to be smart about your financing. Here are five tips to help lead you down the right path. |
Investment Advisor
February 2007
Robert F. Keane |
Catching up with... Lew Altfest An interview with the associate professor of finance and author of Personal Financial Planning, which is already being adopted in college classrooms around the country, about Total Portfolio Management. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2010
Denise Federer |
The Behavior Profile Are you a perceptive financial advisor? Being able to identify your client's financial decision-making and investment style is important in communicating effectively with them. |
Financial Advisor
May 2012
Martin E. Landry |
Self-Fulfilling Prophecies Recognizing and managing emotions may help keep investing plans intact. |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 12, 2007
Julia Hanna |
"UpTick" Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students UpTick is a market simulation program that has students sweating and strategizing as they recreate classic market scenarios. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2010
Donna Mitchell |
Wealth Management Psych Out Behavioral finance is a field that is gaining traction among financial advisors. It is a full-fledged discipline that offers tools serious wealth management firms are using to understand and serve high-net-worth clients. |
Information Today
July 14, 2003
Paula J. Hane |
Baker & Taylor Sold to Another Investment Firm The venerable Baker & Taylor company, long known as one of the leading book distributors to libraries, has been sold. Willis Stein & Partners, a private equity firm, purchased the company from The Carlyle Group for $255 million. |
Inc.
May 1, 2002
Thea Singer |
Capital: Shell Game The route that home-furnishings importer Decorize Inc. took to the public markets in 2001 was not new, but it was controversial: he went public by a reverse merger -- that is, he backed into a nonoperating public company, or a "shell"... |
CIO
May 1, 2012
Kim S. Nash |
How to Profit From Bad Technology Decisions A Yale researcher says businesses should design systems and products with human foibles in mind. |
