Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Maurer covers how personal finance is more personal than finance. Aug 22, 2021, 07:00am EDT Aug 23, 2021, 10:40am EDT This ...

Six months ago, I had never heard the term “double-bottom.” Now, after seeing an Internet meme predicting such an event--a phenomenon in which a stock or index hits an extreme low a second time ...

For decades, financial theory has assumed that investors behave rationally. They are expected to collect information, weigh probabilities, and make decisions that maximise expected returns. In reality ...

I am currently writing a series of articles on behavioural finance. One of the books that strongly links to this field is The Behavior Gap by Carl Richards. In the book, Richards explains the ...

Behavioral finance is growing in popularity and changing how advisors view the market. Behavioral finance also requires advisors to take a more sophisticated approach when interacting with clients.

This article has been updated to more clearly attribute information to author Susie Leonard Weller. One of the hot topics in the field of behavioral finance is the use of heuristics -- simple rules of ...

When we think of status symbols, we tend to picture luxury cars, haute couture, private planes and other conspicuous displays of material wealth. In contrast, it’s hard to imagine that in 17th century ...

In finance, accretion can mean a company's increased earnings after an acquisition. It can also refer to the additional gains ...

ATLANTA, April 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- During times of financial market volatility, it's common for investors to react with fear, risking long-term asset growth in favor of short-term comfort. Since ...

Every decision we make, whether consciously or unconsciously, is informed by our ethical values, including those in business. While ethics has always been emphasized in the finance classes I’ve taken, ...