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The behavior gap : simple ways to stop doing dumb things with money / Carl Richards.
Title:
The behavior gap : simple ways to stop doing dumb things with money / Carl Richards.
Author:
Richards, Carl, 1972-
ISBN:
9781591844648
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Portfolio/Penguin, c2012.
Physical Description:
xiv, 178 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Four pairs of skis -- We don't beat the market, the market beats us -- Perfect investment -- Ignore advice, make fun of forecasts -- Financial life planning -- Too much information -- Plans are worthless -- Feelings -- You're responsible for your behavior (but you can't control the results) -- When we talk about money -- Simple. Not easy.
Abstract:
Financial planner and Morningstar Advisor columnist Richards explains why we keep making bad choices with our money based on our emotions and succeeds in showing us how what we often think is right regarding investments rarely is.