In the quest to fit in, we sometimes lose our true selves, getting swept up in “herd mentality” — following the crowd, even when it goes against our own compass. Humans are inherently social beings, ...

Along with the world, in shock, I watched videos as the extreme right infiltrated our Capitol on Jan. 6. This day will stand in infamy as our most sacrosanct building, the symbol of our democracy, was ...

Behavioral biases, which are psychological tendencies, can influence an investor's decisions more than they realize. Common biases include herd mentality, overconfidence, confirmation bias, loss ...

We’re now in week three of looking at why smart people do dumb things with their investments. Last time, we focused on recency bias — the tendency to believe that the recent past will keep repeating.

SHANGHAI - In a presentation espousing the philosophy of his own company, Herd Consulting, founder Mark Earls suggested that marketers largely fail to change consumer behaviour due to a lack of ...

Spurred by past government calls to invest overseas, Chinese oil companies at times overpaid for assets that have underperformed or face geopolitical risks, and are now being sold en masse at ...