Shares & Derivatives
Why ETFs are a good tool to slaughter some of our biases
By Taking Care Of My Own Business  •  February 20, 2016
Being biased brings with it that we don’t think like we think we think.  We make illogical decisions. Passive index fund investing via a Regular Savings Plan or Dollar-Cost-Averaging is logically right, right? But emotionally and in terms of common sense, it often feels wrong. I do believe it’s worth remembering now and then just how strange it actually is.  I get this feeling particularly when trying to persuade others to the cause during the recent market downturn. Perhaps it’s also worth feeling just a smidgen of pride at circumventing your human emotions and apparent common sense to make the leap to passive investing. So here are just a few biases that can be slaughtered managed with regular – and thus passive – index investing. Overconfidence: Many people who invest heavily in stocks tend to heavily exaggerate their own abilities and downplay the role of luck in ......
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Why you should be Taking Care Of Your Own Business or why you should Tacomob. Hi, my name is Andy.Andreas G. Schmidt (aka Andy) What motivated me to create this website? Well, sometimes, one can observe a lot by watching ...
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