Understanding the human machine

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While it is slowly creeping into the collective consciousness, behavioural finance has a long way to go before it is adopted into the mainstream of investing. Andrew Sheen reports

We all know there is no such thing as magic. Similarly, there is nothing supernatural about behavioural finance, despite the aura of mystery surrounding it. Virtually every single skilled and exper...

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