Behavioral Finance Video: First Half Market Review An eventful start to 2023 with a few important lessons to help us make better investment decisions. This video is narrated by Jay Mooreland, the CEO of the Behavioral Finance Network – dedicated to educating investors about the ‘gotcha’s’ of mental shortcuts that can reduce investment returns. ©The…
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VIDEO: Behavioral Finance – A Glimpse of the Markets Future
Behavioral Finance Video: A fun game in prospective hindsight…what would you do if you knew certain things about the market’s future? Your friend comes back from the future and shares a glimpse of the stock market with you. What would you do with that information? Would you try to time the market by actively selling and…
VIDEO: Behavioral Finance – Danger: Headlines Ahead
Behavioral Finance Video: Danger: Headlines Ahead Mark Twain said, “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.” It might be more applicable today if he said, “Never let the truth get in the way of a good headline.” Headline Characteristics The purpose of headlines is just to get you to…
VIDEO: Behavioral Finance – Climbing the Wall of Worry
Behavioral Finance Video: CLIMBING THE WALL OF WORRY Climbing the wall of worry is the tendency for markets to rise despite always have something to worry about. And 2023 is no exception. 2023 “Worries” Media headlines today boldly announce companies making layoffs. But news about job openings seldom makes headlines. While recently we have been…
VIDEO: Behavioral Finance – 3 Investment Lessons From 2022
Behavioral Finance Video: 3 INVESTMENT LESSONS FROM 2022 1st Lesson – Surprises Happen In 2022, we were surprised by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We also experienced record high gas prices. In response to persistent inflation, the Fed increased interest rates significantly. This resulted in mortgage rates doubling and both stocks and bonds experienced double-digit…
VIDEO: Behavioral Finance – Boring is Beautiful
Behavioral Finance Video: BORING IS BEAUTIFUL Over the past few years, many investments have been hyped by the financial media and several have experienced near-parabolic gains. These include meme stocks, cryptocurrencies, major technology firms, and companies that thrived from changes during the pandemic. Hype and watching asset prices skyrocket produce a “get rich quick” mentality….
VIDEO: Behavioral Finance – Pragmatic Perspectives
Behavioral Finance Video: PRAGMATIC PERSPECTIVES Year-to-date, the stock market is down 18%. Bonds are down 15% and the supposed inflation-fighting asset class of gold is down 10%. Many financial experts are pontificating where inflation and the markets will go from here. But market forecasts are seldom accurate. At the beginning of the year several well-known…
VIDEO: Behavioral Finance – Investing in a Bear Market
Behavioral Finance Video by Jay Mooreland, MS, CFP® INVESTING IN A BEAR MARKET Investing in bear markets can be scary. Anxiety, concern, and fear are normal to feel. Negative outlooks often accompany bear markets, such as increasing inflation, interest rates, and possibility of a recession. Investors may be tempted to sell their investments and transform…
VIDEO: Behavioral Finance – The Virtue of Strategic Ignorance
Behavioral Finance Video by Jay Mooreland, MS, CFP® THE VIRTUE OF STRATEGIC IGNORANCE Strategic ignorance is a positive quality. It is choosing to ignore information that is detrimental to our well- being, and this sometimes includes market information For example, let’s say at the end of September 2021 you hibernated, or put your head in…
VIDEO: Behavioral Finance – Attention Allocation
Behavioral Finance Video by Jay Mooreland, MS, CFP® ATTENTION ALLOCATION You may be familiar with the term asset allocation, which is how we divide up our assets (stocks, bonds, cash etc.). Attention allocation is how we divide up our attention. Paradox of Abundance The paradox of abundance states that there is a tradeoff between quantity…