Time to Stop Calling the VIX the “Fear Index”
The VIX Tells Us Very Little About Tomorrow All the hand-wringing because the “fear index” has fallen below 10 is a waste of time....
MIB Meir Statman on Finance for Normal People
This week on our Masters in Business radio podcast, we sit down with Meir Statman, Santa Clara University Professor of...
My Meta Narrative
Beware of Investment Stories Bearing False Comfort Narrative offers a way for us to understand facts and events. The trick is recognizing...
The Science of Storytelling
click for ginormous graphic Source: One Spot via Vala Afshar See also: Infographic: How Storytelling Is Helping Brands...
You Were Not Built For This
Your Brain Wasn’t Built to Handle Reality Investors, like political partisans, believe things that haven’t been proven....
Examining How Rumors Spread Through Social Media During Crisis...
Good News Goes Unnoticed: Education Edition
This morning, we looked at how bad news often makes headlines, but good news sneaks in unnoticed. Case in point: Educational attainment...
Reasons to Sell vs Buy
Michael Batnick is the Director of Research at my firm. He created these two fantastic and insightful charts, which reveal some deep...