Behavioral Finance and Wealth Management: How to Build Optimal Portfolios That Account for Investor Biases (Wiley Finance)

Behavioral Finance and Wealth Management: How to Build Optimal Portfolios That Account for Investor Biases (Wiley Finance)
by Michael M. Pompian

Behavioral Finance and Wealth Management: How to Build Optimal Portfolios That Account for Investor Biases (Wiley Finance)
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Author: Michael M. Pompian
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-04-07
ISBN: 0471745170
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Wiley

Book Reviews of Behavioral Finance and Wealth Management: How to Build Optimal Portfolios That Account for Investor Biases (Wiley Finance)

Book Review: Excellent ideas to try to prevent bad decisions
Summary: 5 Stars

Especially in these crazy financial times, this is a good book to do some self-analysis through little quizzes and learn how emotions can take over from making good, rational financial decisions. While somewhat geared for financial advisors, it definitely is readable for the intelligent investor who can take the time to read and apply the lessons learned from this book.

Summary of Behavioral Finance and Wealth Management: How to Build Optimal Portfolios That Account for Investor Biases (Wiley Finance)

"Pompian is handing you the magic book, the one that reveals your behavioral flaws and shows you how to avoid them. The tricks to success are here. Read and do not stop until you are one of very few magicians."
?Arnold S. Wood, President and Chief Executive Officer, Martingale Asset Management

Fear and greed drive markets, as well as good and bad investment decision-making. In Behavioral Finance and Wealth Management, financial expert Michael Pompian shows you, whether you're an investor or a financial advisor, how to make better investment decisions by employing behavioral finance research. Pompian takes a practical approach to the science of behavioral finance and puts it to use in the real world. He reveals 20 of the most prominent individual investor biases and helps you properly modify your asset allocation decisions based on the latest research on behavioral anomalies of individual investors.

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