In Search of Temperament III – Patience Behavioural Finance, MarketFox Patience is a critical attribute of successful investors, but facing pressure from clients or colleagues is not always easy. Read More
In Search of Temperament II – Contrarianism Behavioural Finance, MarketFox In this second instalment of the series on investor sentiment, MarketFox columnist Daniel Grioli delves deep into the mindset of contrarian investors. Read More
In Search of Temperament MarketFox If you ask some of the most well-regarded investors what it takes to become a good investor, then they often tell you it is more about temperament than any technical proficiency. In this new series, MarketFox columnist Daniel Grioli tries to demystify this illusive concept and narrow it down to a few quantifiable attributes. Read More
The Most Important Lesson of My Career MarketFox MarketFox columnist Daniel Grioli was recently asked to address a group of applied finance students at RMIT. He decided to share with them the most important lesson of his career. Read More
My Lessons Learned from the GFC Financial Crisis, MarketFox, Risk and Regulation With the Global Financial Crisis now a decade behind us, MarketFox columnist Daniel Grioli shares some of the most important lessons he learned from this cataclysmic event. Read More
What Trait Psychology Tells Us about Factor Investing – Part II Behavioural Finance, MarketFox Do factors have explanatory power in investment returns or are they merely descriptive? This is an important difference because the first characteristic would give them predictive powers, while the second would merely reflect past performance. In this second part on trait psychology, MarketFox columnist Daniel Grioli looks for clues in criticism of this branch of psychology. Read More
What Trait Psychology Tells Us about Factor Investing Factors, Quant & Systematic, MarketFox MarketFox columnist Daniel Grioli looks at the similarities in statistical methods between trait psychology and factor investing, and considers what this might tell us about our investment framework. Read More
Is Simple Always Better Than Complex? MarketFox In this last instalment, of the four part series on the criticisms of behavioural finance, MarketFox columnist Daniel Grioli brings it all together and makes the case for a framework that helps us decide how to choose between using heuristics and more complicated methods. Read More
Is System One and Two Thinking Helpful? MarketFox In this third part in the serie on behavioural finance, MarketFox columnist Daniel Grioli takes a critical look at Kahneman and Tversky’s system one and two model and asks the question whether it is useful to apply this to assess decision-making. Read More
