Many would consider emotions to be a hindrance to decision-making and, therefore, think that they would be better off without them. They may avoid or suppress them, rather than feel, process and ...

Letting raw emotion drive financial decisions sounds like a recipe for disaster. But Jennifer Lerner, the Thornton F. Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy, Decision Science, and Management at the ...

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Fear may affect women's decisions in choosing immediate rewards versus larger delayed ones, while men's decisions appear unaffected by emotion, according to a new study. Fear may affect women's ...

Even the most technically flawless financial plan can fail—because markets aren’t the real wildcard. Behavior is. As growth ...

Data shows that Monday mornings may be the worst time to make big investment decisions due to stress, fatigue, news overload, and higher market volatility.