Image Credit: Heath Hinegardner By Jason Zweig | May 9, 2009 12:01 a.m. ET Fess up, fellows: The masters of the universe have turned out to be masters of disaster. No matter which aspect of the financial crisis you consider, there is a man behind it. So it is worth pointing out, this Mother’s Day weekend, how different things might be if the...
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Image Credit: Heath Hinegardner By Jason Zweig | April 4, 2009 11:59 p.m. ET Maybe your DNA made you do it. Whatever investing mistake you have committed lately, there is probably a gene that is often associated with that behavior. Are you predestined to be the prisoner of your genetic code? To find out, I recently spent a day at the University of...
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By Jason Zweig | Mar. 31, 2009 11:14 am ET Image credit: Pixabay If you’re wondering why you’ve ever listened to dubious advice from your broker or financial planner, neuroeconomist Gregory S. Berns of Emory University may have an answer. Dr. Berns, who works at the intersection of neuroscience, economics and psychology, has just published a study...
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Image Credit: Heath Hinegardner By Jason Zweig | Feb. 28, 2009 12:01 a.m. ET Alcohol ads urge us to “drink responsibly.” Cigarette packs are emblazoned with the surgeon general’s warnings about cancer. And the firms that sell leveraged exchange-traded funds keep begging individual investors not to buy the things because they are meant...
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Image Credit: Heath Hinegardner By Jason Zweig | Jan. 24, 2009 12:01 a.m. ET Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly and analysts and market strategists gotta try predicting what stocks will do every year. But you don’t gotta act on those predictions — at least not before you ask how likely they are to hit the bullseye. In December,...
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