Have you ever made a decision about your finances that was driven by emotion, rather than logic? Maybe, as a teen, you bought clothes you knew you couldn’t afford just to fit in with the ‘cool’ kids. You might have taken out a loan to cover the cost of tuition and spent it on the […]
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APESTRUCK – an exploration of the psychology behind money (and ultimately giving back)
When working on and researching for Monkey Money Mind, a Forbes book I co-authored with Chris Zadeh, both of us were struck time and again by the human capacity for fooling ourselves. We think we are rational when it comes to spending, when in reality, most of our financial decisions are made based on our emotions. Our […]
What FinTechs and Banks can learn from Mary Poppins? – Based on my experience interviewing Nobel Prize winner Dr. Harry Markowitz
I have to admit that I was a little nervous when the moment came for me to interview the godfather of the Modern Portfolio Theory, Professor Dr. Harry Markowitz. He had been so kind to agree that I would interview him for the book that my colleague Chris Zadeh and I are writing about the psychology behind our […]