Lesson 9: How do our emotions affect our investing behaviour?

We may like to believe we're completely rational individuals, especially when it comes to how we invest our money.

We're all human, however, and programmed to react to events - especially if they could result in a win or lose for us.

So how do our emotions affect they way we invest - and what can we do to stop our hearts ruling our heads?

AcuityINSIGHT: Leverage: not without riskLeverage, often referred to in investing as a ‘double-edged sword’, is another word for borrowing money to own more of an asset. In this issue we take a brief look at why our default approach is to invest in unlevered long-only strategies.

AcuityINSIGHT: The dilemma of trying to do the right thingIn this issue of Insight we take a look at the difficulties in what on the surface may seem like positive personal lifestyle changes, and see that complex problems rarely have simple, binary choices.

AcuityINSIGHT: Lessons from the last yearAs an investor one is always learning. In the past twelve months, we have been reminded of some useful lessons that can – hopefully – make us all better investors. In this issue we take a look at several key lessons which stand out for us.

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