As advisors incorporate behavioral finance more into their practices, their focus has been almost entirely on the potential harm investors might cause themselves through their own biases. However, ...

Drawing incorrect conclusions, based on ill-conceived heuristics, can lead to bad decision making. This is cognitive bias. Researchers have identified an enormous range of cognitive biases that can ...

Our understanding of the causes of challenging behavior often do not flow from science. They flow from bias. We assume that kids who behave in challenging ways do so on purpose, in order to get or ...

Advisors consider “recency” bias one of the most pernicious examples of biases affecting their clients’ decision-making, according to a new study from Charles Schwab Investment Management. The “BeFi ...

Behavioral finance plays a role in investors' decisions. Investors think they're sensible, good investors and independent thinkers. But studies show that investors behave irrationally. Behavioral ...

Behavioral biases can get in the way of investors' strategies. But financial advisors who understand the psychology behind how people make decisions can help clients identify the emotions that shape ...

Reports of discrimination among students in Anne Arundel public schools had the highest number in the 2018 to 2019 school year, according to the school system’s bias reports data. The school system ...

This article was written by Mark Gorzycki and Mahesh Kashyap, co-founders of Kievanos. As a species that relies heavily on cognitive ability for our evolutionary success, it’s no surprise that many of ...

Covid-19 has radically changed the nature of shopping. In what analysts called a “holiday shopping season like none other,” brick-and-mortar stores took a brutal blow in late 2020, but the shopping ...

Our understanding of the causes of challenging behavior often do not flow from science. They flow from bias. We assume that kids who behave in challenging ways do so on purpose, in order to get or ...