Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In a monthly series, Robert R. Johnson, CFA, discusses the role of behavioural finance in investment decision ...

Systematic Investment Plans have become one of the most reliable ways for retail investors to build wealth through mutual funds. While SIPs simplify investing, the real challenge is not starting the ...

Behavioural finance theories are gaining prominence and could plausibly explain the wild market volatility of recent months, according to Jan Mahrt-Smith, an associate professor of finance at the ...

The world of finance and investments is often associated with numbers and statistics, but the real-world experience looks a bit different, with behavioural patterns often playing a significant role in ...

Financial advisors increasingly are turning to behavioural finance to coach their clients, and portfolio managers are leveraging the concept to profit from others’ blind spots – especially given stock ...

Investing is often described as a numbers game: a world of ratios, charts and data. But the reality is more human. Beneath every trade lies an investor’s decision, and behind every decision is a mind ...

Dear gentle reader, the last column introduced Hersh Shefrin’s paper, ‘ESG and Behavioural Finance’ then detailed some of his notable findings in the field of behavioural finance. This week we look at ...

Common sense, debate and real solutions are lost when pop behavioural science comes into play. Wikipedia lists 124 behavioural biases, 29 social biases and 42 memory biases. There are daft ones such ...

Emma Dunkley’s article on Barclays’ research revealing the excessive cash holdings of many Britons highlights a significant issue for potential investors (“Britons have at least £430bn in excess ...

Much of what counts as the modern study of economics consists merely of advanced mathematical modelling of financial markets, and the election of Donald Trump now renders it mostly worthless.