Level 4 - Thinking - Investment Pyschology

Heart vs Head: The Battle of Emotional Reasoning

Have you ever made a judgment based on your emotion? Have you ever found yourself thinking “I know this test will fail because I feel scared.” If this sounds familiar to you, you must have experienced ...

Dyce Lim, Research Analyst · Dec 30 2022

What is Anchoring Bias?

Anchoring bias is a cognitive bias that describes the tendency for individuals to rely too heavily on the first piece of information they receive when making a decision. This initial piece of informa ...

Dyce Lim, Research Analyst · Dec 30 2022

What is Sunk Cost Fallacy

Sunk cost, also known as the retrospective cost is a cost that has already been incurred and cannot be recovered. This type of cost is often taken into account when making decisions about whether to c ...

Dyce Lim, Research Analyst · Dec 30 2022

Investor Psychology

Several variables influence stock prices in the short term, but all too often, it becomes a psychological game. Fundamental and Technical analysis can provide a foundation for your investment decision ...

Dyce Lim, Research Analyst · Dec 16 2022

What You Need To Know About Behavioural Bias To Invest Successfully

The traditional finance theory suggested that investors are generally assumed to be rational. They are believed to be based solely on their interests, omniscient about market information and risk-aver ...

Dyce Lim, Research Analyst · Nov 03 2022

What is the Overconfidence Bias

The overconfidence bias is a well-documented phenomenon in the field of psychology. It occurs when people display an unrealistically positive view of their own abilities, judgments, and prospects. Thi ...

Alex Chong Wei Kang, Research Analyst Intern · Nov 03 2022

What is the Confirmation Bias

Can you believe there is 5% of Americans believe in the Moon Landing in 1969 is faked, even today that multiple countries already had probes orbiting the moon? That’s about 16 million people who belie ...

Alex Chong Wei Kang, Research Analyst Intern · Nov 03 2022

What is Loss Aversion

Loss aversion is the term used to describe the phenomenon of people's natural tendency to avoid losses. The psychological feeling caused by a certain amount of loss is, on average, twice as strong as ...

Dyce Lim, Research Analyst · Nov 03 2022

What is the Availability Heuristic

Investment psychology is a broad topic across behavioural finance and psychology, it massively affects each and every investment decision made by an investor with or without their consciousness. Hence ...

Alex Chong Wei Kang, Research Analyst Intern · Nov 03 2022

Find Out What Investment Strategy Fits Your Personality With This Quiz

Investing can be a great way to grow your wealth over time. But before you start investing, it's important to figure out what investment strategy is right for you. The quiz further in the content will ...

Charlie Yuan Ting Jing, CFA, CQF · Oct 20 2022