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owl

Pretty good, but some mistakes.

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2008

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This book has some good practical advice. Much of it was not very useful to me, either because (a) it was already obvious to me, or (b) it was directed at financial advisers, and I am an individual investor, not an adviser. However, I'm sure that there are many people for whom almost all the advice would be useful and needed.

The book contains minor mistakes here and there (mostly copyediting), and one major mistake: The author thinks that risk aversion is a fallacy or some form of irrationality. (This is clear in his remarks on pp. 214, 252.) In this, Pompian is implicitly rejecting a universally accepted principle of economics: the Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility (roughly, that the value of an additional dollar diminishes as your total wealth increases).

This is important, because this Law is the central reason, e.g., why it often makes sense to purchase insurance, why it makes sense to hedge bets, and why investors need to balance risk against potential reward. Failure to understand this could be a pretty serious problem for an investment adviser.

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frosty1s

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Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2014

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This is written more as a textbook for finance majors. I was looking for something more relatable to my bad retail trading. How to identify my foibles easily and work with or around them. I am sure the contents are good I just couldn't make headway with the textbook manner in which its written. I don't need a history of behavioral finance just help with my buy the top sell the bottom psychology.

Artephius (.

Great Practical Book on Behavioral Finance

Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2007

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I first read this book, and then a few weeks later read Jason Zweig's Your Money and Your Brain.

Pompian's book wins hands down from a practical viewpoint......how you can use behavioral finance findings as an investor or investment advisor. Pompian lists all 20 common biases, and then gives examples of how to deal with them. I also enjoyed his section on using Briggs Myers test results coupled with behavioral finance principles.....to develop better financial plans which fit people better.

Zweig's book is a fascinating read.......but when I got done......my question was.....How to I apply these behavioral finance findings to my investments or my client's financial plans? I would have to re-read Zweig's book......and develop the practical uses myself from his book.

It is interesting that Zweig's book at $17 has an Amazon sales rank of 2,075......and Pompian's book at $38 is only ranked 38,940. I have always enjoyed reading Zweig's columns in Money magazine. It is interesting to see where future research is headed in Zweig's book.......but in my opinion; you get more practical advice (or value) for the dollar from Pompian's book than Zweig's book.

To compliment this book.....I would suggest a couple good books on index fund investing and asset allocation.

The Richest Man in Babylon
Bogle on Mutual Funds: New Perspectives for the Intelligent Investor
The Millionaire Next Door
The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio
A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing, Ninth Edition
The Coffeehouse Investor: How to Build Wealth, Ignore Wall Street, and Get On With Your Life
The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing

34 people found this helpful

Ashwani Tiwari

Excellent book!

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2009

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One of the most important books on the subject of behavioural finance. Covers the subject in a comprehensive manner and provides great insights for constructing investment portfolios which are rational and closer to investor behaviour. Provides an excellent tool for enhancing real life returns of investor.

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