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Investors behaving badly: What is loss aversion anyway?

Investors behaving badly: What is loss aversion anyway?

Update: 2018-09-15

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ABob and Andy explore one of the ways that investors could be accidentally hurting themselves: loss aversion. Recalling their conversation with Dan Ariely, a leading expert on psychology and finance, this is just one example of irrational investor behavior. Plus, a caller asks a frustrated, yet important question: Why pay fees for bad investment advice?

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Investors behaving badly: What is loss aversion anyway?

Investors behaving badly: What is loss aversion anyway?

Bob Richards and Andy Smith