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 ...

Behavioral biases, which are psychological tendencies, can influence an investor's decisions more than they realize. Common biases include herd mentality, overconfidence, confirmation bias, loss ...

I am loss averse. I once almost went crazy looking for a wallet that I thought I had lost. As I ransacked the closets, checking every pocket, I got increasingly anxious. Thoughts of the money in the ...