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Why you don’t need a financial advisor

What value does a financial advisor provide to investors? Many investors believe they are capable of producing above-average market returns on individual investing on their own, and they may be right. It’s likely they’re also facing significant risk they may be unaware of in regards to their financial future. There are three specific ways in which a financial advisor provides intrinsic value to investors...

Investment

#9 - Recency Bias: Exploring and Refuting Common Investor Behavioral Biases

Does recent history make a difference in financial investment? Stock market prognosticators carry a track record of projecting ongoing investment trends based solely on most recent stock activity. A rising stock in recent weeks is expected to continue its upward trajectory into the future since there seems to be no indication otherwise. This can be a dangerous assumption, one which investors refer to as Recency Bias.

Investor Behaviors