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: What really is risk?One of the hardest concepts in investing is trying to understand what ‘risk’ really is and deciding how to deal with it.

AcuityINSIGHT: The old order changeth!At times like this – and in fact across all time periods – it makes enormous sense to remain highly diversified.

AcuityINSIGHT: What a year!2020 will certainly go down in history as a momentous year, with the tragedy that is Covid-19, the painful global downturn that has ensued, the major curbs on personal freedom and the end of one of the most divisive presidencies in the US, carrying the headlines.

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