Real Estate Development
Planning Fallacy
Delays in construction projects and massive budget overruns appear to be not just a Georgian problem. Daniel Kahneman, in his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, refers to this […]
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Investor Psychology
Sell in May and go away
Among investors in the securities market, there’s a saying: “Sell in May and go away.” Below is some supporting data, but what causes this? The chart below shows […]
Growth
Representativeness in Growth Forecasting
Representativeness can heavily influence investor decisions and analyst forecasts. This cognitive bias leads us to assume that past performance will persist, making it a common source of error […]
Market Efficiency
Self-dealing Index
One of the critical concerns for VC funds is the issue of self-dealing. An index describes how this problem is addressed legally across different countries. Self-dealing, Tunneling, and […]
Investor Psychology
Freakonomics – The Hidden Side of Everything
It’s a good book. I liked it, and I’ll summarize the findings. First of all, I’ll say that it’s an extraordinary book, where the opinions presented are based […]
Investor Psychology
The Effect of Expectations
Value investing seems very simple – you buy a stock when it’s below its intrinsic value and sell it when it exceeds that intrinsic value. But in reality, […]
Investor Psychology
Dr. Jekyll vs Mr. Hyde
Many investors believe they are Dr. Jekyll, but research confirms that Mr. Hyde lives within each of them. As researchers say, we humans struggle to assess the “beast” […]