Loss aversion is a bias to feel the pain of losses more strongly than the pleasure of gains - and this can impact how you invest for your retirement. Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman’s ...

The idea of loss aversion—that, to an irrational degree, individuals avoid losses more than they pursue gains—has been influential in the field of behavioral finance. It has been imputed to drive ...

We don’t like to lose things that we own. We tend to become extremely attracted to objects in our possession, and feel anxious to give them up. Ironically, the more we have, the more vulnerable we are ...

One of the more well-known behavioral biases is loss aversion. Loss aversion is a common trait people display where they feel the pain of losing money much more acutely than the pleasure from gains.

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The US economy has been throwing off good economic signals for months now, including a steady decline in inflation. Yet Americans' dour mood hasn't budged, and President Biden's economic ratings are ...

The human mind is prone to a range of cognitive biases that can distort decision-making and lead to investment outcomes that fall short of expectations. When investing, the human mind is both an asset ...

A recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server evaluates how people with anxiety respond to a gambling decision-making task. Study: Risk and Loss Aversion and Attitude to COVID and Vaccines in ...