Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky paved the way for behavioural finance

A look around the world’s stock markets

The bubble burst in March 2000, proving that sometimes investors go bananas and rationality goes out the window

An increasing number of strategists believe we are in a secular bull market, with any decline likely to prove fleeting

Stocks soared after Federal Reserve said it would be ‘patient’ with hike rates

Investment managers are struggling to give advice as even emerging markets don’t look attractive

Companies and executives accused of moving from a value-creation approach to one of value extraction

The link between wealth and happiness is less strong than commonly assumed, but research suggests clever spending may yield benefits

Bulls are not convinced by indicators showing that the US market is severely overvalued

Most fund managers underperform their benchmarks and this is likely to continue

Are short sellers immoral parasites or clever analysts who help to expose ‘frauds, fads and failures’?

Given that hedge funds, have underperformed stock markets for each of the last five years, why do we still pay their exorbitant fees?

Quantitative screening techniques have shownit’s time for investors to get nerdy and ditch opinions

When it comes to selecting progressive stocks too many of us find ‘cognitive effort’ too much bother

A lifetime of research into dodgy decision-making has not helped Daniel Kahneman see the error of his ways

Emerging market stresses may be the story de jour

Studies of share performance indicate most investors would be better off tossing a coin

How many of the seven great money-losing tips apply to you?