Learn about self-enhancement, a bias by which individuals overvalue their own successes. Discover its implications, examples, ...

Catholic bishops in India walk to the altar for the installation ceremony of Bishop Poola Anthony as the new Archbishop of Hyderabad at Saint Mary's School grounds in Secunderabad, the twin city of ...

“Overconfidence is a powerful source of illusions, primarily determined by the quality and coherence of the story that you can construct, not by its validity.” —Daniel Kahneman, Nobel laureate There ...

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 ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

The late psychologist Daniel Kahneman once said if he could wave a magic wand and get rid of any bias, he would choose overconfidence. However, overconfidence is here to stay. In a new study in ...

When it comes to investing, it’s best not to trust your memory, according to a new study co-authored by Philip Fernbach, professor of marketing in the Leeds School of Business at the University of ...

If you've already experienced a bad stock falling from a company you've liked, you've experienced how confirmation bias ...

In my work as a CEO coach, I have grown accustomed to working with executives who are self-assured and confident. These leaders have put in decades of hard work, and have the accomplishments to show ...