How bias affects decision making

Jeremy Lang looks at how bias can lead different parties to take very different approaches to risk.

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Jeremy Lang looks at how bias can lead different parties to take very different approaches to risk.

At a glance Bias is just a prevalent as luck in forecasting  Many investors tend to think of risk in terms of how much they can lose rather than the chances of being wrong.  Managers tend ...

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