Traditional economics assumes that humans make decisions using a controlled cognitive process. While most investment decisions are based on research and logic, in today’s markets, many choices made by investors are increasingly a result of instinct or mood, in other words, not much logic. Current market volatility is being impacted by individual investors who are influenced by their own biases and make cognitive errors that lead to wrong decisions. As investors overestimate their ability and the accuracy of information using arbitrary or irrelevant metrics, herd sentiment can affect stock returns. Financial professionals are also far from immune to biases. Clearly, behavioral finance has revolutionized the way we think about the investment process and with the impact of technology in today’s marketplace, we are seeing an extreme rise and fall in the prices of many stocks. Join our panel of experts to learn: How advisors and investors can use behavioral finance to make better investment decisions What models they can construct to their advantage in this uncharted environment |