Richard Thaler

Tim Harford: The high price of our increasingly subscription-based lifestyle

Businesses have learned there is good money to be made by cashing in on our carelessness

Sat Oct 07 2023 - 06:00

Over-trading: good for Robinhood, bad for clients

There’s nothing noble about the free trading app’s business model

Tue Aug 03 2021 - 00:00

Stocktake: High stakes don’t make people smarter

An experimental study involving economics students kills that old chestnut

Tue Apr 27 2021 - 00:00

Stocktake: Beware the house money effect

Tendency to take more risks on unexpected winnings is natural but dangerous

Tue Feb 09 2021 - 05:50

Dividends are drying up – but do we really need them?

Investors are feeling the pinch as companies hold off on paying out dividends during crisis

Tue May 19 2020 - 05:15

Emotional time travel: Will you handle the next bear market?

We should be more understanding of bad decisions made in hot emotional states

Tue Feb 18 2020 - 05:15

Leadership needs to neutralise innovation blockers – and here’s how

Scott Anthony’s research shows that the most innovative companies display five key behaviours

Thu Jan 16 2020 - 04:15

Stocktake: Don’t login to your portfolio too often

Why things are looking up for global stock markets; and SoftBank backs WeWork

Tue Oct 29 2019 - 05:40

Investors undone by elementary mistakes in doing the maths

Basic errors, encouraged by sensational media headlines, continue to distort market prices

Tue Oct 15 2019 - 05:00

Timing continues to elude investors in search of returns

It’s hard to disagree with old cliché that time in the market is more important than timing the market

Tue Mar 19 2019 - 05:00

Trust your fund manager to buy stocks but not to sell

Random sales strategy is better than a bad sales strategy, research shows

Tue Feb 12 2019 - 05:40

Forget logic. Investment is driven mostly by emotion

A behavioural finance expert says investors are not as dispassionate as you’d think

Tue Dec 11 2018 - 05:00

Nobel laureate shows failure on carbon tax policy likely to be costly

Climate change specialist William Nordhaus says carbon price needed to achieve targets will rise as policies have been delayed

Fri Oct 12 2018 - 05:16

Is bad weather bad for stock markets?

Weather and mood influence investors’ decision-making, new research indicates

Tue Jul 31 2018 - 05:00

1,000 economists warn Trump his trade views echo 1930s errors

President’s ‘economic protectionism’ harkens back to errors that fueled Great Depression, say experts

Fri May 04 2018 - 10:44

See-saw action shows stocks still on shaky ground

Stocktake: Why you should delete your investing app from your smartphone

Tue Feb 27 2018 - 08:00

Yes, there really is a Santa Claus rally

Seasonal boost to stocks found even where Christmas is not a leading holiday

Tue Dec 19 2017 - 06:00

Why do markets keep rising? Even Nobel winner Thaler can’t explain it

Stocktake: Absence of stock market volatility at a time of global uncertainty a mystery

Tue Nov 07 2017 - 06:00

Stocktake: Rising prices boosting stock market sentiment

Bitcoin surpassed $6,000 last week so it’s a good time to ask, is it overpriced?

Tue Oct 31 2017 - 06:00

Predictably irrational: investor lessons from Nobel winner Richard Thaler

We can all learn from the man who so closely observes the quirks that govern our financial decision-making

Tue Oct 24 2017 - 06:00

Nobel Prize in Economics ideas help shape Ireland’s policy

Richard Thaler’s behavioural economics reveal people decide with emotion not logic

Wed Oct 18 2017 - 01:00

Trump’s market ignorance nears record highs

US president claims stock market gains cut national debt – but they have no bearing on it

Tue Oct 17 2017 - 06:00

Budget 2018: Reading between the lines of Donohoe’s speech

Minister’s plans on ‘more appropriate accommodation’, sugar and Brexit decoded

Tue Oct 10 2017 - 19:34

‘Nudge’ theorist Richard Thaler wins Nobel economics prize

US economist wins for work in behavioural economics – how human traits affect markets

Mon Oct 09 2017 - 12:09

Investors beware - we are hard-wired to be wary of red

People became 25% more risk-averse when the colour red is used

Tue Jul 25 2017 - 06:00

The endowment effect: Falling in love with stocks and coffee cups

Do investors get too attached to the stocks they own and overvalue their worth?

Tue Jul 18 2017 - 06:00

AIB is not the first instance of ‘eejit trade’

Recent trading in AIB just the latest example of how clueless traders can inflate stocks

Tue Jun 27 2017 - 05:45

When nudging staff pushes them to do more

Is using behavioural science to get staff to do more encouragement or manipulation?

Fri Apr 21 2017 - 06:59

Put pleasure back into your diet

Two cookery books gently nudge you towards making smarter food choices that are good for your health

Tue Apr 11 2017 - 00:00

Should investors ignore the bubble-watchers?

A Harvard study reveals clues to help investors avoid stock-market crashes

Tue Mar 21 2017 - 06:38

A friendship of opposites that changed our view of human thinking

Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky paved the way for behavioural finance

Tue Jan 10 2017 - 08:04

To err is human: mistakes and why we make them

For ‘The Undoing Project’ Michael Lewis, author of ‘The Big Short’ and ‘Moneyball’, has focused on the Nobel-winning work of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky

Sat Jan 07 2017 - 06:00

Retirement planning: are you prone to short-termism?

Novel ways of engaging pension-fund investors are being devised, ranging from a short quiz to face-ageing apps

Tue Nov 15 2016 - 07:13

Why do investors choose cash over stocks?

Retail investors have kept cash allocations high even though shares tend to trounce cash long term

Tue Jun 14 2016 - 08:00