Fading Affect Bias

Fading Affect Bias

Among the many quirks our brains have is something called the “fading affect bias.”  Basically, we aren’t very good at remembering negative emotions.  Our brains shrink the memories of bad times, painful experiences and anything generally unpleasant. That is generally…

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Not-Invented-Here-Bias

saving and investing should be boring, find excitement somewhere else

Last week I wrote about expensive Mutual Funds / Unit Trusts and their cheaper (and better) alternatives called Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). You still don’t buy it. Ok, that might be my fault because I am simply not convincing enough…

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