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The Choice Paradox

29 Jan 2020
The Choice Paradox

We live in an era of wide choice: from selecting delicacies to selecting securities for investment. It is an assumption of our age that abundant choice is one benefit of an enlightened age. Proof exists that choice overload can lead to selection paralysis and the search for a solution.

Investment & Economic Review January 2020

14 Jan 2020

Stock markets displayed their unpredictability in 2019, striding surprisingly and steadily higher after shaking off the volatility of the prior year. Low interest rates and generally benevolent economic and profit conditions provided the catalyst.

The Self Deception of Mental Accounting

21 Nov 2019
The Self Deception of Mental Accounting

Behavioural finance expert Richard Thaler identified and named the practice of mental accounting. He and others in the field have written extensively on how people deceive themselves with this practice. A chat with your account manager at Palmers may pay substantial dividends in remedying the mental accounting tic.

The Seduction of Now vs the Payoff Later

21 Nov 2019
The Seduction of Now vs the Payoff Later

The true objective of the brain is to maximise its rate of reward. Evolution has hard-wired us to place a high value on instant – in preference to delayed - gratification. Neuroscience, however, indicates that sound reasoning and discipline deliver substantial rewards for deferment.

The Bandwagon Effect

21 Nov 2019
The Bandwagon Effect

Human behaviour urges us to be ‘in on things’ unless we miss out. The determination to follow the herd is known as the ‘bandwagon effect’. Jumping on an investment bandwagon may have a disastrous impact on one’s wealth.

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