Behavioural Finance

Financial Planning

Is your investing coach coaching you too much?

'I wasn't going to panic until my advisor called to warn me not to panic'

Is your investing coach coaching you too much?
investor behaviour

Investing

Bad behaviour or bad math?

A popular research study on investor behaviour comes under attack. Plus a look at the latest Safer Canadian Dogs...

Bad behaviour or bad math?

ETFs

Investors see value, but why won’t they act on it?

Investors continue to favour higher-fee active investments when lower-fee passive strategies are clearly better for them

Investors see value, but why won’t they act on it?

Debt

Why borrowers are smarter than they look

A new study shows that mortgage holders are paying off their homes faster and faster

Why borrowers are smarter than they look

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Why practice doesn’t make perfect in investing

Prudent strategies often look like errors in the short to medium term

Why practice doesn’t make perfect in investing

April 2014

Train your investing brain

Don't let the market slide get the best of you

Train your investing brain

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The biggest DIY investing challenges

Does it make sense to use an adviser or to invest on your own?

The biggest DIY investing challenges

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Why Your Problem Is Not Your Funds

In Monday’s post I looked at “smart beta,” which promises to outperform cap-weighted indexing strategies. I’m frequently asked if...

Why Your Problem Is Not Your Funds

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Does dollar-cost averaging work?

Many readers were surprised when I answered a recent Ask the Spud question by suggesting you’re usually better off...

Does dollar-cost averaging work?

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