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Investment Advisor April 2010 Olivia Mellan |
Cover Story: The Upside of Irrationality Dan Ariely, a professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University, has wondered for years why people often don't act in their own best interest. As advisors, how can you use this knowledge? |
The Motley Fool October 7, 2008 Mac Greer |
When Credit Default Swaps Meet Office-Supply Swipes Why do these mortgage-backed securities breed such bad economic behavior? I recently asked behavioral economist Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions. |
Investment Advisor April 2010 Olivia Mellan |
Ariely on Retirement Planning A new guideline on how much money you'll need during retirement. |
Fast Company Christina Farr |
Report: Facebook Tested User Loyalty By Sabotaging Its Android App Facebook sometimes made its Android app crash for several hours over the course of several years. Facebook would then track these users to see if they kept returning to the app or gave up. |
Investment Advisor April 2010 Olivia Mellan |
Why Women Should Take the Wheel Because women live an average of six years longer than their male counterparts, they are much more likely to get to control the money eventually by themselves. |
Investment Advisor April 2010 Olivia Mellan |
The Risk of Parental Laissez-Faire We pay a lot for our belief in letting children make their own decisions without lecturing to them about what's right and wrong. |
The Motley Fool June 18, 2010 Mac Greer |
Behavioral Economist Dan Ariely on Money, Motivation, and Kobe Bryant Big bonuses and big compensation continue to be a big part of the Wall Street culture. But is money an effective motivator? |
Financial Planning March 1, 2012 Allan S. Roth |
The Ethics Dilemma In theory, planners are expected to act as fiduciaries for their clients, meaning that a planner must put a client's best interests ahead of his or her own. In practice, no human being is truly capable of doing this because in the real world our ethics aren't pure. |
Financial Advisor July 2008 Tracey Longo |
Can Advisors Protect Retirees From Themselves? Fear of loss and greed for gains accelerates when investors retire. This has financial services firms working overtime to find ways around investors' emotions. |
The Motley Fool October 6, 2008 Mac Greer |
Why Opposing the Bailout Hurts So Good Straight talk from a behavioral economist. |