Can Traditional Active Fund Management Be Saved?
Active managers need to start incorporating the lessons of behavioral science if they have a chance of reversing the flow of assets into passive investment vehicles.
The Essential Summer Reading List
We've updated our popular guide to behavioral science literature, adding some exciting new titles, handy subject categories, and the pick of our team's favorite reads. Happy reading!
Managing Your Mental Game in a Volatile Market
Times like these are when it’s both most important and most difficult to make deliberate, mindful decisions. These leading investment coaches have some suggestions.
Long Term Doesn’t Mean Forever
In my last blog post, I mentioned an objection we often hear from managers who are reticent about working with Essentia: “I’m afraid it will mess with my process”. This post offers a real-life example.
Mess With Your Process, Not Your Philosophy
“I’m afraid of messing with my process. It might make me worse” - this is one of the most common objections we hear at Essentia.
Euro 2020 on the Behavioral Alpha Frontier
The proprietary analysis we use with professional investors suggests some dark horses to watch in this year’s tournament.
NBAlpha: Basketball Behavioral Analytics
We often talk about using sports-style data analytics to optimize investor behavior. We decided to apply our award-winning investment analytics to the NBA finals.
What’s in a Nudge
We examined our database of real-world portfolio manager behavior and found that managers who engage with nudges, on average, significantly outperform those who do not.
Between Mindfulness and a Nudge
Academic research by shows that mindfulness reduces cognitive bias -- people are more rational when they become aware of what they don’t know, get comfortable with uncertainty, and recognize multiple perspectives. We have observed a similar effect among our clients.
Our behavioral science reading list just got even better
We've updated our popular guide to behavioral science literature, adding some exciting new titles, handy subject categories, and the pick of our team's favorite reads. Happy reading!