Investor Psychology

Discover how a trusted friend and a diary can make you a better investor.

Buying more shares makes sense when nothing about a company has changed except the price of its stock.

Financial literacy is a key to fighting economic abuse.

When it comes to shopping, your subconscious mind makes the decision to buy several seconds before your conscious mind is aware of it. Neuromarketers ...

When I feel a passion to buy or sell a stock or fund, I question my impulse and test whether the opposite position isn't better.

In the stock market, as in life, nothing is certain. The vast opportunities for creating wealth by investing come with plenty of risks, such as the 2008-2009 ...

Trusted financial professionals can be among the first to spot a problem that's more than just normal forgetfulness.

It's not a question of if, but when, some cataclysm will hit markets. Here are some ways to prepare.

Wall Street lore is filled with proverbs that purport to be sound rules for investing your money. But how true are these truisms? Here are ten investing ...

Three years ago, Kiplinger’s turned to longtime investment writer and in-house income guru Jeff Kosnett to a launch a newsletter designed to steer income-starved ...

All those kids in their twenties and thirties who are living with their parents will eventually want their own homes.

Many companies will raise your annual retirement contribution for you--no need to lift a finger.

If you really know a company's value, you can relax no matter how high the stock goes.

Even if you buy at the market’s highest level of the year, a recent study finds that it makes little difference over the long term.

Hint: It has nothing to do with the market, and everything to do with your personal circumstances.

To help you sort out all the "it-depends" questions, first figure out what type of investor you are.

Behavior determines investment success or failure -- not knowledge or skill or luck.

Investors lagged the average mutual fund by an average of 2.5 percentage points per year over the past ten years. How can you do better?

What we learned from the market’s astonishing rise—and preceding free fall.

Data from investors' brain activity, prices, trading volume and social-media chatter help detect an overpriced stock market.

Columnist Kathy Kristof is putting her real money into the market so she can help you be a better investor.

You won't find tobacco, alcohol or gambling companies in the Eventide Gilead Fund. That's because Christian principles guides the fund's stock selection.

Nobel laureate Robert Shiller showed that fluctuations in the stock market were consistent with fads and euphoria.

Our practical investor has good rhyme and reason for blocking out investing noise.

Expert advice for investors to protect and grow their portfolios.

Set realistic, attainable goals, declare them publicly and develop a detailed action plan.

Historically, the stock market delivers stellar returns from November through April.

Trying to beat the market based on the latest media reports is a losing proposition for individual investors.

If you succumb to an unhealthy fear of stocks, you've committed one of our seven deadly sins of investing.

Follow these rules for good returns with reasonable risk.

Good investors have a talent for focusing on the facts that matter most. Bad investors do not.

You’ve probably heard of the seven deadly sins. In traditional moral teachings, these transgressions -- wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy and gluttony ...

Some ideas are so far outside my comfort zone that acting on them would surely give me a stomachache.

Research shows that women prefer a personalized approach that focuses more on goals than on results.

Saving is important, but you shouldn't hoard all of your cash; you ought to put it to good use, too.

There is scant evidence that companies are in a cash bind that could interrupt tomorrow's dividends.

Without the Fed's actions, Americans would be facing the same kind of deflation we suffered in the Great Depression.

When top dogs fall to being underdogs, watch out that you're not along for the ride.

Faith-based investing is about finding companies that are currently faltering but that have a high likelihood of doing better.

Once you get past the hoopla, you can learn a lot from Warren Buffett by attending his company’s yearly gathering for shareholders.

Playing games makes people feel good. Can that translate into saving and spending more wisely?

Educated investors are often too confident in their own capacity to evaluate a deal.

For any period of less than five years, says Oakmark's Bill Nygren, "you are evaluating serendipity rather than skill."'

The more you trade, the less you earn because you pay commissions and taxes on your gains.

Confused by Mitt Romney’s 47% remarks? Here are 9 ways to cut through all the statistical mumbo-jumbo and make informed judgments.

You can glean some useful investing tips from Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's strategies for baseball.

A financial therapist can help you overcome deep-rooted money hang-ups.

Emotional baggage can sabotage your financial goals -- here's how to recognize it.

There's no such thing as predictable risk in market trading. So embrace uncertainty, for better and for worse.