Behavioural Finance - MoneySense

Franklin Templeton recently released its 2013 Global Investor Sentiment Survey, which polled 9,518 people from 19 countries. The survey...

Carl Richards, author of The Behavior Gap, wrote an insightful article in February called Why We Fear Simple Money...

It's been barely a month since Alexander Green remarked that we're currently enjoying “the most disrespected bull market in...

For as long as I can remember, the traditional balanced portfolio has been 60% equities and 40% bonds. Indeed,...

I’ve never made a secret of my opinion that acting on market forecasts is destructive to investors. Nate Silver’s...

As 2011 came to a close, the usual army of market gurus began making predictions for 2012. I’ve often...

Canadians are letting emotions get in the way of making sound investment decisions.

Investors face many behavioral biases—that’s just part of being human. Perhaps the most difficult to overcome is recency bias:...

If you’re a parent, how can you set your child on the road to investing success? One popular way...