After a wave of earnings reports from America's top tech companies, a small selloff ensued. The Nasdaq, S&P 500, and the Dow... they all fell Friday morning. The average investor sees this downturn and has their finger on the sell button. But not me.
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At a congressional hearing in 1953, Charles Wilson, CEO of General Motors, said, "As goes GM, so goes the nation." America has changed 68 years later; One should now say, "As goes Apple, so goes the nation's stock market."
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Behavioral economics and psychology research show that human beings are TWICE as fearful about losing money as they are about winning money. This bias is known as loss aversion.. and it can and will stifle your ability to maximize returns in the stock market.
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Buckle up. This earnings week is unlike any that we've seen in a long time. We could see panic... or a frenzy of buying activity. The question is: What should you be doing right now?
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This week, I’m digging deeper into human behaviors and biases that can and will affect your money. Let’s explore the phenomenon of Overconfidence Bias and lay out best practices to help you mitigate it.
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In terms of personal finance and growing wealth and retirement...Why do people (I’m talking to you) make the decisions they do with their money? That is a central question to the study of behavioral finance.
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Many of the largest tech firms are reporting earnings next week. And you want to have confidence if you own any of these companies, right? Well, take a look at what recently happened to Netflix.
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Recently, I received an email from a subscriber who is nervous about the markets. He asked for insight on how to be realistic on his goals and how to identify the best research to generate ideas.
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Let’s look at one more way that TradeSmith aligns with market events to deliver clear signals. This time, we’re talking about the world’s most popular sport as the global economy reopens and we witness one of the most seismic business events in sports history.
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There’s no shortage of noise flying around the markets today. But for me, there’s nothing more dangerous than noise. What I want and need is a very clear signal. That’s exactly what came across my desk last Thursday with this “bargain idea.”
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