Investment decisions
10-10-10 Rule
When considering investment opportunities, weigh the potential returns and risks in the short term, medium term, and long term.
Bandwagon Effect
Understanding the bandwagon effect can help you make more rational financial choices, avoiding the temptation to jump on trending investments without thorough research.
Similar Situations
Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect
Making investment decisions: Investors can exercise caution and conduct thorough research when considering investment opportunities, avoiding undue influence from biased or unreliable sources.
Sunk Cost Fallacy
Financial investments: Understanding the sunk cost fallacy can help you make more rational investment decisions, letting go of poorly performing assets without being influenced by prior investments.
Osborne Effect
Personal investments: Timing investment decisions, such as purchasing stocks or real estate, by considering the potential impact of upcoming developments.
Loss Aversion
Financial decisions: Understanding loss aversion can help you make more rational investment choices and avoid emotional decision-making based on potential losses.
Clustering Bias/Illusion
Financial investments: Recognizing clustering bias can help you make more informed investment decisions, without assuming that a series of gains or losses indicates a trend.
Correlation-Causation Fallacy
Financial investments: Understanding the correlation-causation fallacy can help you make better investment decisions by not assuming that a correlation between two variables necessarily implies a causal relationship.
Decoy Effect
Financial investments: Knowing the decoy effect can help you make better investment decisions, by evaluating opportunities based on their merits rather than the presence of less attractive alternatives.
Birthday Paradox
Investing: (Topic: Deep probability Understanding) Use the principles of probability to evaluate risk and make smarter investment decisions.
Anchoring
Investing: Avoid anchoring your investment decisions on past performance or an arbitrary number, and consider the overall potential.
Optimism Bias
Investing: Knowing optimism bias can help you make more balanced investment decisions, considering potential risks and market fluctuations.