I had a very enjoyable conversation recently with Sean McLaughlin on his podcast “Trading with @chicagosean.”  We talked a lot about my formative years and how that prepared me for an unlikely career in the financial industry.

When sports betting sites are looking to promote their services, how often do they highlight the average gains (or losses) of participants?  Never. It’s way more effective to focus on the relatively small number of players that have achieved exceptional results…

As I fired up Bloomberg this morning, I was greeted with a powerful quote of the day.  “You will never win if you never begin,” suggested early 20th century journalist Helen Rowland. Sounds easy…

From the Market Misbehavior mailbag: “What predictive power does technical analysis really have?  Sometimes the signals are just plain wrong.” The short answer is that nothing’s perfect, there is no holy grail, and yet I’ve still found technical analysis to be an important piece to a holistic investment process.
Here’s the long answer…

I’ve launched a new Market Misbehavior channel on YouTube, with the goal is providing short-form educational commentary exploring the relationship between behavioral psychology and the financial markets.