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How Money on the Mind Changes Our Behavior
Investor Psychology Just the thought of money can make us focus more on ourselves than on others.
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Why Your Credit-Card Debt Won't Die
Investor Psychology We tend to pay off the card with the smallest balance first, regardless of the interest rate.
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A Guide to Understanding How Your Brain Works
Investor Psychology This book on how our minds’ intuitive and logical parts work together can help us recognize investing mistakes.
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Angst Over Annuities
insurance Giving up a lump sum in favor of a series of payments may wreak havoc with our mental accounts.
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Tightwads and Spendthrifts
Investor Psychology Both of these extreme spending personalities suffer pain and guilt when faced with opening up their wallets. Here's how you can strike a better balance.
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Just Say No to Extras to Save Money
savings You'll beat tricky merchants and let bad shoppers pay for your bargain.
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Can Money Make You Happy?
Investor Psychology The relationship between happiness and income can be summed up in a simple equation, but really, it's complicated.
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Improve Your Investing Decisions By Ignoring Short-Term Predictions
Investor Psychology Believing in the illusion of control, or the ability to forecast the future, can cause overconfidence in investors and harm to your portfolio.
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How to Be a Better Investor
Investor Psychology Step one: Recognize -- and overcome -- the psychological hurdles that influence our behavior.
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