Availability Bias in Investing : How it affects your Financial Decisions?

One of my friends is working in an engineering company at senior management level. 60% of his personal investment portfolio consists of his employer company shares. When, I ask him why he is buying so many shares of his employer’s company. He always gives me details of performance and future plans of his company. When …

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How Recency Bias affects your Portfolio performance? How to avoid Recency Bias?

If I ask you to recall name of 10 people you met this month, whom do you recall? Just observe, mostly you will recall name of 10 people whom you mate recently.  This is recency effect.  Similarly, if I ask you for opinion on behaviour or performance of any of your colleagues or employees kindly …

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