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  • The Little Book of Behavioral Investing

  • How Not to Be Your Own Worst Enemy
  • By: James Montier
  • Narrated by: Sean Pratt
  • Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (469 ratings)

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The Little Book of Behavioral Investing

By: James Montier
Narrated by: Sean Pratt
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Little book, big profits....

Here is a detailed guide to overcoming the most frequently encountered psychological pitfalls of investing.

Bias, emotion, and overconfidence are just three of the many behavioral traits that can lead investors to lose money or achieve lower returns. Behavioral finance, which recognizes that there is a psychological element to all investor decision-making, can help you overcome this obstacle.

In The Little Book of Behavioral Investing, expert James Montier, one of the world's foremost behavioral analysts, takes you through some of the most important behavioral challenges faced by investors. Montier reveals the most common psychological barriers, clearly showing how emotion, overconfidence, and a multitude of other behavioral traits, can affect investment decision-making. This book:

  • Offers time-tested ways to identify and avoid the pitfalls of investor bias
  • Discusses how to learn from our investment mistakes instead of repeating them
  • Explores the behavioral principles that will allow you to maintain a successful investment portfolio

Written in a straightforward and accessible style, The Little Book of Behavioral Investing will enable you to identify and eliminate behavioral traits that can hinder your investment endeavors and show you how to go about achieving superior returns in the process.

©2010 James Montier (P)2010 Gildan
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Must read. The best behavioral finance book I’ve ever read.

I found myself laughing at common mistakes I’d made myself. This will make you question the entire industry and how you SHOULD react.

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LBBI is a book to keep on hand

I just started this book recently, and have not finished. however, I can already justify finishing it. and then reading again.

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Great book for the beginner and more experienced

No matter if you have never listened to a book on behavioral finance or if you have listened/read quite a few, this book is great. I fall in the latter category, but still found it a great book. Firstly it gives a good overview of the field, secondly it's well structured and a pleasure to listen to.

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Learn how to combat your biggest challenge: You

What did you love best about The Little Book of Behavioral Investing?

It takes principles of behavioral psychology (such as cognitive biases and distortions) and applies it to investments. How can we learn about our natural thought processes to improve our investments, and prevent ourselves from sabotaging our own results. This might be the best book of the Little Book series for investors... I highly recommend it.

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Very good book

A lot of idea come from Thinking Fast and Slow. Chapter 15 is the best chapter for me and the most important

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An Investing Classic

I would highly recommend this book to any serious investor. This is a classic alongside Benjamin Gram.

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Nice recap of the thinking Fast and Slow

I advise instead Thinking fast and Slow of Kahneman. It's much more detailed. This is more or less a summary of it.

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Required reading for the investor.

Loved it. A great introduction to the subject with implications for all aspects of life.

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Good book about the psychology in investing

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It's a very good and easy listening experience. There's no real epiphany here but sound logic provided with research to back it up, which makes it a great audiobook to listen to.

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Phenomenal ratio of ink to useful information.

A great overview on behavioral finance delivered in an interesting, entertaining, and succinct manner.

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