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Past Trauma Blinds Investors To Future Danger

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Investors have an irrational fear of what already occurred and not what might come in the future.

Politics And Investing Don't Mix

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It's important to separate your personal voting preferences from your investments.

Investors Search For New Love In Hedge Funds

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Why is it that in the face of underperformance, investors still seem to love hedge funds?

Confusing Cause And Effect In Election Years

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As far as the market is concerned, the whole political horse race and even the election itself is more or less meaningless.

Corrections, Bear Markets, Recessions And Crashes

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Not every 10 percent correction becomes a deep sell-off.

Why Investors Are So Surprised By Surprises

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The tendency to be surprised isn't a very surprising trait among investors, or people in general.

Powerball Isn't Like Investing And Vice Versa

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Lotteries are a classic grab for the free lunch, but our nation's lottery habit is stupendous.

Be Smart. Don't Try to Time This Stock Market

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Investors enter risky territory when they a) try to time markets; 2) take themselves too seriously; and 3) refuse to acknowledge their fallibility.

Fed Hike Is Most Important Thing Ever . . . Oh, Wait

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Most of the noise surrounding the Fed's decision to raise interest rates is already reflected in prices.

Ritholtz: Why Story-Telling Failed At Valeant And Theranos

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Pick just about any hot stock or sexy startup, and beyond the hard numbers, there is often a great narrative about why this company is going to be the next great story.